Proud to be an Okie (but I'm not from Muskogee)

I love living in Oklahoma.  We have the most beautiful sunrises and sunsets, the very diverse weather, some of which can scare the pants off of you, lots of varied geological landscapes and lakes.  But by far sunsets are my favorite.  Here are some pictures, although they are not nearly as beautiful as seeing the real thing.

Nice and peaceful, right?  Here are some that aren't quite so.  This is the kind of weather you've got to keep your eye on here because it can lead to some really bad storms and even potentially a tornado, so you've got to be ready to jump in your fraidy hole, aka the cellar or basement.  Not at this time of year though.  Just in spring and a little bit in fall.  Everything has to be just right to spawn a twister.

And when we have thunderstorms, they can take your breath away too.

I apologize for the quality of the pictures.  Maybe someday I will learn to take a decent picture, but until that day, please bear with me.

In addition to beautiful sunsets and crazy weather, we Okies have lots of cool places to visit.  One of my family's favorite places to go is to the Wichita Mountains in Lawton, OK.  We do some hiking and relaxing and then we eat at Meer's where they have the best longhorn burgers you can get in Oklahoma.  They fill up a pie plate and I can eat a whole one!  You have to also get the fried okra and follow it all up with piping hot peach cobbler topped with homemade vanilla ice cream.  Tip:  find the crispy yet chewy pieces of the cobbler crust and you will find eutopia.  Picutres of the Wichitas in all their glory:

I can't find my pictures of us at Meer's.  I had some and if I ever find them I will post them.  I am very unorganized.  Can you tell?

The best part of living in Oklahoma is in my own backyard.  Kids, dogs, and horses roam free and there's always something to do.  When we have company, especially kids, we're outside.  My husband does some dutch oven cooking that is to die for.  We have campfires, fishing, frog hunting, fort and teepee building.  Just basically everything I need to be happy.