Our second day at Broken Bow Lake was action packed! Since this was our only full day at the lake we tried to fit in as much as possible! We started the day with a really fun canoe excursion! A van took us 4 miles down a river that fed the lake, dropped us off, and we canoed back to the place that we started. It took us a little over 2 hours. Carson and Cade had their moments(Carson was a bit whiny at first because he thought everything in the water was a snake- Cade would not give up control of his paddle and the rest of us were suffering as he learned to paddle correctly : )) , but overall everyone had a really fun time! I especially enjoyed this experience! Sam had many canoeing experiences growing up, but I have never had one! I loved the gorgeous scenery, the quietness, and the cool river water. Sam even spotted a fawn in the brush coming to the river for a drink! Many memories were made on our little red canoe in these 2 short hours!
Sam took this picture of us piled in the van driving to the drop off point.
Carson and Sam paddling along
Cade a.k.a. "Animal with the Canoe Paddle" : ) ...by the end of the trip he was a canoe paddling pro!
Cade and I soaking up the scenery
After our canoe trip we drove around the lake and did a little sightseeing. The views of the gorgeous scenery were absolutely breathtaking. Who knew that a place this beautiful could be nestled in southeast Oklahoma!? Sam and I must have said "I wish we had a boat." 1,000 times each! We missed so many cool parts of this area because we were not able to access them without a boat or jet ski!
Sightseeing made everyone hungry, so we headed to the local Broken Bow McDonald's for a quick lunch. This truly was the highlight of Carson's trip because as soon as we arrived he noticed that the Kung Fu Panda Happy Meal toys had been changed to Transformers! He squealed with delight as he told me (and everyone else in McDonald's) that he would be walking away with a supercool Transformer. And that he did, he must have thanked Sam and I 100 times for getting his this Transformer, and the toy stayed by his side for the next 24 hours.
After we ate we decided to tour the little town of Broken Bow. It is probably one of the tiniest towns that I have ever been in. Their Wal-Mart is still not a super Wal-Mart, and they have only a family owned grocery store. The only elementary school that we could find was no bigger than a small wing of any school around here. Since I was curious I peeked in the school windows and found that their library and cafeteria were the size of a standard classroom! I couldn't help but to think how different it would be to work at a school that small. We then ventured over to the high school football stadium (pictured above). It looked like it held alot of history, and if the kids wouldn't have been so antsy to head back to the lake swim beach Sam and I would have kept exploring!
On our way back to the swim beach we stopped at a couple of museums (we are in front of one above) and a souvenir shop inside the state park. Cade got an arrow head as a souvenir, and Carson didn't ask for anything since he had his trusty Transformer. So 75 cents later we headed out of the old souvenir shop!
Carson absorbed in play with his McDonald's Transformer
Our family in front of one of the museums
The boys next to a Beaver inside one of the museums
In this picture the boys were getting ready to swim at the lake's swim beach. They both had alot of fun swimming and playing in the sand making mud pies. The swim beach had the cutest little concession stand where I got the most delicious Tiger's Blood snocone that I have ever eaten. I have been craving one every day since!
The boys and I ready to take a swim.
After swimming we headed back to the cabin for showers and a little rest time. Mr. Carson fell asleep on the way back. This is the first trip that he really didn't require full naps. He did fine each day having a 10-15 minute catnap in the car.
For our second dinner in Broken Bow we ate at a really good restaurant called Abendigo's. Sam was convinced that our waiter was faking an accent to set the mood, but a little while into our meal we found out that he was a foreign exchange student from Russia. : ) It was good for us to be away from all of our usual restaurants that we frequent so often. Without all of the choices that we're used to we were forced to eat at different places. We have come to the conclusion that we should venture away from Jason's Deli, Spaghetti Warehouse, and Chik-fil-A more often!
Sam and Carson at dinner
The fam at dinner
After dinner we headed to do some go-cart racing. Cade drove his own go-cart, and Carson and Sam rode together. I sat on the sidelines with plans to take pictures, but sadly my camera battery went dead after a full day of snapping away!
Sweet brothers had so much fun together on our trip. Day 3 coming soon! : )
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