Last month, we took a trip to the mountains, although not the same mountains we had originally planned. We were literally on the road for about 1 minute when we got a call from the people at Beaver's Bend saying that the park was being closed due to flooding. Of course I was devasted; I'd been looking forward to this trip for so long. But it didn't last long. We turned around and went back into the house and got on the internet. I immediately thought of the Arbuckle Mountains, only a little over an hour away. So instead of the Kiamichis, we went to the Arbuckles.
I think it was a blessing in disguise that are plans were changed. We got a much better cabin than we would have gotten at Beaver's Bend, and there was no comparison to the view outside our window. Our cabin, rightfully called the "Mountainview". The view was so amazing, I didn't believe that could be our cabin when we pulled up. There were literally mountains right there, almost as if you could reach out and touch them. There was also a path that led down the mountain to a pond. It was so peaceful down there.
We didn't really do much all weekend except stay around the cabin. We went into town a couple of times to go to the store and eat, and we even drove about 20 miles to Pauls Valley to visit the Toy and Action Figure Museum (Miles had a blast there!). But for the most part we slept late, took walks, read (at least I read, lots of "Country Living" magazines) and ate. Oh, yeah, and although we didn't actually visit the Turner Falls park, we did go up to the lookout point where you could see beautiful waterfall.
I know the Arbuckles are hardly big mountains; to some, they are probably just big hills, but I was so touched by God in seeing their beauty. They brought me so much peace and reinforced my desire to live in the country surrounded by God's creation.
I think it was a blessing in disguise that are plans were changed. We got a much better cabin than we would have gotten at Beaver's Bend, and there was no comparison to the view outside our window. Our cabin, rightfully called the "Mountainview". The view was so amazing, I didn't believe that could be our cabin when we pulled up. There were literally mountains right there, almost as if you could reach out and touch them. There was also a path that led down the mountain to a pond. It was so peaceful down there.
We didn't really do much all weekend except stay around the cabin. We went into town a couple of times to go to the store and eat, and we even drove about 20 miles to Pauls Valley to visit the Toy and Action Figure Museum (Miles had a blast there!). But for the most part we slept late, took walks, read (at least I read, lots of "Country Living" magazines) and ate. Oh, yeah, and although we didn't actually visit the Turner Falls park, we did go up to the lookout point where you could see beautiful waterfall.
I know the Arbuckles are hardly big mountains; to some, they are probably just big hills, but I was so touched by God in seeing their beauty. They brought me so much peace and reinforced my desire to live in the country surrounded by God's creation.Needless to say, I did not want to come home! Two days just wasn't enough time to spend in that wonderful place. We will definitely have to go back sometime when we can spend more than 2 days.
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