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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Turner Falls in Davis, Oklahoma

Dwayne had expressed an interest in visiting Turner Falls near Ardmore, and since today was predicted to be a nice day, we decided to drive up there.
Heading north from the campground - this is looking toward the bridge that would cross Lake Texoma.

After we got onto I-35, there was a sign for a "Scenic Turnout".... uhm... scenic? This was looking west....

And this was looking east... I guess if windmills and communication towers are considered scenic?

We made our way onwards and arrived at Turner Falls.

Turner Falls is a 77' waterfall on the Honey Creek.

It was really quite beautiful.

Many of the areas were marked for swimming (like this pool right in front of the falls) - I'm sure on summer days, you would not get a picture with no people in it!

Looking downstream below the falls.

A picture from the other bank. That round white thing under the falls/cave is a sign saying not to climb on the rock.

My honey getting some pictures.

Beautiful

Right near the top, there was a plant that appeared to have a red bloom sticking straight off the rocks.

It was rather warm by this point in the day - we wished we had our swim gear!

We hiked up past a "castle" that had been built by a rancher in the area.

Then we drove further into the park. We saw the RV sites ($25/night + the daily entry fee for each person). This was Honey Creek above the falls.

Another view of Honey Creek.

My honey getting a picture of Honey Creek!

This is close to the top of the falls.

Just beyond Dwayne, you might see a couple of very small people - they are in the pool at the base of the falls.

A final picture from the overlook at the curio shop / zipline outside the park on route 77. Dwayne remembers getting cherry cider at the curio shop many many years ago (55 or so).



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