Impromtu Road Trip

Summer is here and the weather has hit temperatures that are too hot to be outside all day. One Satureday, we were starting to get a little restless. We just couldn't spend an entier afternoon in the heat, so my hubs decided we were taking a road trip. He told me to get ready, but wasn't telling me where we were headed. I was so excited to get out of the house!!!

Once we were in the car, we headed west. I was handed the U.S. atlas, opened to Oklahoma and was told to navigate. haha! He didn't really care where we went, he just wanted to drive west. We generally head east or south, but never have we gone west together....so, today was the day.Our first stop was Hennessey, Oklahoma. I have heard quite a few people talk about "Roosters". Its a bar, but they serve fried chicken and lots of sides. Somehow the owner (or maybe the cook) are associated with the famous Eischens in Okarche, OK. I'm thankful to have something so close to Eischens that is more convenient to get to. The fried chicken was awesome and super inexpensive! Definitely a place we'd go back to. Its family friendly during the day, but does turn into a bar at night. They have a pretty large area outdoors for concerts too.From Hennessey, we continued west on Highway 51 through Okeene and then to Canton. We didn't really know what to do in those two little towns, so we just drove through. I wish we would have at least gone out to the lake in Canton...maybe next time.At Canton, we turned south and headed for Watonga.Once in Watonga, we realized we close to Roman Nose State Park and Resort. We took a little detour to see what they had to offer. The lake was really pretty! They also had horseback riding, a golf course, hiking/mountain biking trails and more!We headed back through Watonga and then on to Kingfisher. We LOVED Kingfisher!!!! We drove around until it was too dark to see anything. We definitely will be coming back here. This little town is great! We can tell they really take care of what they have. Downtown as so cute and there were some great older homes! As we drove through, we realized they were having their annual rodeo! Wish we would have researched a known...I love the rodeo!!!! Next on the trail was Guthrie. It was too dark to do anything there, but we did drive through downtown and around the town a little. We've both been to Guthrie before, but didn't realize how nice/quaint their downtown area is. We look forward to going back there for visit as well.

Our little day-trip was really fun. We both got to see places we'd never been and learned more about our State than we knew before. We both love to roadtrip and this was a great way to beat the heat! :)