Copper Breaks State Park

We were off at 8:30 a.m. after a shower and breakfast.  We fed the ducks one more time and then took off.  It was a nice night except for a dog that barked and a train outside the park on Highway 51.  We decided to take a different route along 51 to Vici, OK then 34 to Highway 6.  We stopped in Stillwater, OK at a Walmart for new air caps and groceries and chatted with a clerk from Eugene, OR.  We took Oklahoma 44 to Altus and stopped  for ice cream  This was a scenic byway through limestone, granite weathered mountains.

Mountains near Altus, Oklahoma

The GPS lead us over a tiny country road in Texas, paved but narrow cut off on SR 91.  The land is flat.  They were harvesting wheat in Texas.We camped at Copper Breaks near Quannah and it was a very nice campground. We found the Quannah Rocket, a weather rocket, with a peak altitude of 240,000 feet, near the courthouse in Quannah, TX.  We also found Texas Ranger McDonald's tomb with his second wife, Pearl McDonald Williams buried beside him and  Joe Earl with his wife Bertie Shaw. Joe Earl was the first white man killed by Indians near Quannah  and they buried him where he lay.  These were all virtual caches. 

We were in bed by 10:00.  The stars were brilliant in a dark clear sky.  Venus was creating shadows.