A few weekends ago, we decided to go camping with our friends, Cliff and Katherine Cate. We were all running a little late which resulted in a later start time than we had hoped for, but we made it to our destination at the Wichita Mountains. We found a site that we liked, set up our tents and enjoyed chili cooked in a dutch oven all before 11pm. (Like I said, we got there a little late, and we may have eaten in the dark, but we had a good night. Due to our late arrival, there aren't any pictures from that Friday night.)
The next morning I was able to take some pictures - Cliff cooking breakfast in his PJs and Sarah cleaning up our tent before we took it down.
We then drove a few miles to the base of Elk Mountain, which we decided to hike together.
Cliff and Katherine are both into bird-watching and hiking with them made me much more aware of all the wildlife around us. They both have very good ears to hear and recognize the calls of different birds as well as the ability to spot birds within the trees. The only bird that I was able to consistently identify was the turkey vulture, and that's mostly because it was the only large bird that we saw.
Here they are with their binoculars, looking at different birds. (I almost got this picture as a live action shot, but just before I took it, they both put down their binoculars. So, I made them fake it for me.)
Cliff also spotted this fun colored lizard (which I probably would have blown past in trying to get to the summit as fast as possible).
When we reached the top, we took a few pictures together.
Sarah and I couldn't believe that this was the first time we went camping since moving to Oklahoma, but we definitely hope that there will be many more camping trips together.
