Oklahoma Meet & Greet - 24 March 2012

[Macland]

There's an offroad park outside of Altus we may be able to do something at someday. It's going to take an exploratory run with more capable Xs than mine in tow to see what the park is like as a whole.

 

[blakeX84]

Hey Guys,

Where is the official meeting place and what time?

 

[Macland]

I say we shoot for a 10:30 meeting in the parking lot by the Old Plantation Restaurant on the main drive through town.

From the original post. And I believe we've got the entire big room at the restaurant to ourselves. If I can get the wife up and around early I hope to be out there early to check out everything a little bit.

 

[GoBUFFS]

It's a blessing in disguise that we're not wheeling, I still need to do my TRA's before I do anything serious. With my luck I wouldve ended up stranded 3 hours from home :zomg: haha

 

[Macland]

Things are starting to green up around here too. Hopefully the refuge is nice and green, maybe even some wildflowers blooming.

 

[OKXterra]

Yup, 10:30 at the Old Plantation. We'll be there early as well.

 

[GoBUFFS]

It's definitely a no go for me, I was %100 percent going to go. My gf just notified me of a birthday party I have to go to. :weep:

 

[OKXterra]

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Macland]

Dude that stinks. Next time though.

 

[blakeX84]

As some of ya'll know I am planning to camp on the reservation the night before but I just found out that you can't have alcohol so I was thinking that Lake Latonka would be the next best place. If you guys know of any good spots or any place else that's good let me know please. Can't wait to see the other rigs.

 

[Macland]

I don't even know where that is. I'm lucky not to get lost when I've been out there lol.

 

[blakeX84]

I think that's the name of the lake on the East side of Mt. Scott.

 

[Muadeeb]

Would love to go, but have done too much traveling in the last couple of weeks. My wife almost killed me through the phone when I asked if I could stay in Burbank an extra day.

 

[OKXterra]

As some of ya'll know I am planning to camp on the reservation the night before but I just found out that you can't have alcohol so I was thinking that Lake Latonka would be the next best place. If you guys know of any good spots or any place else that's good let me know please. Can't wait to see the other rigs.

Yeah, all refuges have a no alcohol policy. Of course, if they can't see it, they don't know you have it (Red solo cup?), just saying. As for spots at Lawtonka... I've never camped there, but a couple of my friends do fairly regularly... I'll see if I can get ahold of them today for some info.

 

[Macland]

Would love to go, but have done too much traveling in the last couple of weeks. My wife almost killed me through the phone when I asked if I could stay in Burbank an extra day.

Good call. Happy wife. Happy life.

Oh and now I've got an idea of where Lawtonka is. Mt. Scott is an awesome vantage point.


Mike, is it faster to go through the refuge (from Altus) to get to Medicine Park or is there a better way?

 

[OKXterra]

Justin, if you take the refuge exit at Cache (Hwy 111) and cut across by the visitor's center and go past Mt. Scott, that is a lot faster than going through Lawton.

 

[Macland]

Ok. So going through Lawton isn't faster. Good to know. We usually get off on hwy 54 and go to hwy 49 and cut across the refuge. Your way looks way faster.

Also, the menu for the Old Plantation shows an 18% gratuity added for parties of 8 or more. Just a heads up that's nice to know.

The food seems reasonable. For people on a budget the sandwich section, which includes burgers, has free iced tea at lunch time and your sandwich comes with fries. Sounds like a good deal to me.

 

[GoBUFFS]

I will definitely be sure to catch the next meet! I hope y'all have a blast

 

[OKXterra]

The rain finally stopped, so MississippiGal are about to take the Fronty out and see if the water washed out any of the roads I hoped to take everyone on tomorrow. The refuge is paved, but the Valley of the Wichitas is not, and a lot of the roads are just clay (not all-weather gravel). Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

 

[Macland]

And the weather ought to be beautiful today and tomorrow. I've got spring fever bad!

 

[Macland]

I got a facebook message from a jeep guy in Lawton who plans on coming out.

 

[OKXterra]

An actual Jeep guy, or Jeepman1 from tnx?

 

[Macland]

An actual Jeep guy. He's got a little red one. He's a cool kid.

 

[OKXterra]

Ah, okay. Cool.

 

[dhyde79]

make him jealous....show him up!

 

[OKXterra]

Really looking forward to tomorrow. Everyone drive safe and see you in the morning!!!

 

[Macland]

Does everything in Medicine Park take debit/credit? I am trying to figure out if I need to go get cash.

 

[drbandkgb]

pix pix pix

 

[OKXterra]

Does everything in Medicine Park take debit/credit? I am trying to figure out if I need to go get cash.

Yeah. most everywhere there takes cards of all kinds.

 

[Macland]

Ok. Good to know. Everything is taken care of then

 

[OKXterra]

Had a great time today! Thanks to everyone that made it out, and to the XN for the killer swag. Good times!

 

[Macland]

PICS!

These are all when we met up at the beginning.

Another car club was having a day out. There were tons of these.

 

[Macland]

This is on top of the highest publicly accessible peak in Oklahoma (knowledge dropped by OKXterra)

There is a guy in the background doing stupid poses and Sarah decided to make fun of him lol.

 

[OKXterra]

Great pics, Macland. Damn, that one guy is way too hairy though, lol!

 

[Macland]

This is where we stopped to check out the Bison.

and the prairie dogs

This is Abe Lincoln mountain or something like that. See if you can spot him lying down, his missing his hat. I guess it fell off some years ago.

Caddo Lake.

And a scenic drive through the greater part of the refuge.

and we all hit this little runoff like little kids :w00t:

DPTRO had a slow leak here that progressively got worse.

kudos to OKXterra and MississippiGal for having this little pump.

The windfarm.

and an old school.

 

[Macland]

Great pics, Macland. Damn, that one guy is way too hairy though, lol!

Thanks man. Lol, yeah you definitely had the most hair of the group

I took that last pic to show just how dang busy Meers was!

Here's the direct link for all of the pics.
http://photobucket.com/okmg12

 

[OKXterra]

Great pics, Mac!

 

[RATTFINK]

Awesome pix!! Looks like y'all had a blast. One of these days I'll have to come to one of these meets.

 

[dhyde79]

looks like ya'll had a blast...wish I could have made it.....next time for sure...

 

[GoBUFFS]

Me too! Can't believe I missed It