June 2, 2012

It sprinkled a little last night and was cloudy when we woke up this morning.  The temperature was 60.  The clouds began to clear around 9 am and we decided to drive through the refuge and take a few hikes and look at the scenery.  There are lots of pretty lakes in the refuge. We saw buffalo along with longhorn cattle and quite a few different  wild flowers in bloom.  The information said there were elk but we didn’t see any.

We took three hikes and stopped for a picnic lunch.  There was a prairie dog town that we stopped at also.  We saw on the map a place named Holy City so we drove there to see what it was.  This is where the longest running Passion Play has been performed since 1929.  They only have performances twice a year now, on the weekend before Easter and Easter weekend.  There is a really pretty chapel on the grounds and they were getting ready for a wedding today.  While there I saw a postcard of Meers, Oklahoma and wondered where the town was.  On the way to drive up Scott Mountain we passed a highway sign pointing to Meers four miles down the road.  We stopped there to see if we could get a beer.  The restaurant had a line of about 20 people waiting to get in at 3 pm.  Jim and I were invited by a man and his son who were in line behind us to sit with them.  We shared a really great hamburger and a Meers Gold beer.  The man ordered peach cobbler and homemade ice cream and it was large enough to share with us.  We left and drove to the top of Scott Mountain which had a great view of the surrounding area.