June 1, 2012

The weather was cool when we woke up this morning.  I fixed biscuits and sausage and we sat outside with our coffee.  After taking showers, we hooked up and left.  While we were camping at Bardwell Lake two different hosts asked us if we were here trying out our new Casita in case anything was wrong as we were close enough to go back to Casita if there was.  We told them ours was a 2006 model and we were just camping.  On the road into the park was a farmer’s field of sunflowers.  They were really large and heavy with seeds.

After entering into Oklahoma we stopped at the information center and McDonald’s.  We arrived at camp about 4 pm.  This is Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge just outside Lawton, Oklahoma next to Fort. Sill. They had 5 electric sites available. Doris campground has 23 electric sites and 47 non electric sites.  The sites don’t have water but there is a central water spigot in each loop.  We had put water in our tank at Lake Bardwell this morning.  This is a first come first served campground – they don’t take reservations. There is also a dump station.   We do have satellite TV but there is no cell service.  We used the On Star telephone in the Silverado to call my brother to tell him where we were.  Before supper we went for a walk through the campground.  There was a pretty lake with a bridge over it.  We also saw a summer tanager and a tarantula on the way back to the trailer.