Nitty Gritty Camping: Beaver’s Bend State Park

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Beaver’s Bend State Park – Sept. 2011

Our weekend camping trip to Cedar Lake, Oklahoma merged into a week camp out at Beaver’s Bend State Park in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. We took a few loops around 259A missing the state park camping section every time. I was eventually able to talk the husband into stopping so I could ask for directions. It had been three years since we visited this area. Once we found the campground and set up camp we were visited by adorable squirrels running around every where. It was like I took a trip into reality Disney Chip N’ Dale’s. When you looked to the river you seen ducks fishing for their food.

Our Pomeranian was ready to kick her feet back as soon as she could. The campground is nice lots for her to see. We camped in the Acorn campground it is the outer loop with a nice shady site along the river.

It was very peaceful here. My husband caught a catfish, a couple small bass and a perch from this spot.

Some of the other great spots for trout fishing are near the Power house, The Lost Creek, the Spillway and the Evening hole.

The Powerhouse

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The view outside the camper windows looked amazing, nothing but forests. It was beautiful, the birds made it sound as if you were in the jungle or something. The crows were sneaky you could not leave any type of fishing bait even if it was sealed in a baggie, they would tear it open or carry it off.

Beaver’s Bend State Park Wildlife

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I love camping the most when I see wild life and when I get descent pictures shot of them it makes me even more pleased! We decided to take a stroll down David Boren Trail and take a look at Low Water Dam. When we returned for dinner we had the raccoons there to visit us. They visited us every night I had plenty of opportunities to get some photos. They were so adorable even if they are a nuisance to some people.

On another trip out of camp we stopped by a few other places located in Beavers Bend State Park. The Swim beach and paddle boat area. It truly was a great trip to get away from the business stress and home life. I hope you take a look through my slideshows to view more pictures!

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I’m Angela, the mama bear behind the Taste of Craftiness, Aunt B Creations, Aunt B's Cookin' and Nitty Gritty Camping blogs. I was on a mission to get out of a state of depression after my mother lost her battle with colon cancer. My mother had taught me the basics of crocheting, cooking, and baking. After she passed, I took up crocheting thinking I would learn how to make an afghan and start making tons of them for charity. The time it takes to get an afghan finished, I realized fairly quick I needed something else to fulfill my life. That is how my paper crafting hobby began. I found Marty Horn, a veteran who started Anysoldier.com and in his forums I found the Anysoldier Card swaps. We bought or handmade cards to send to each other to include in care packages we would send overseas to our soldiers serving. I decided I needed even more in my life, the depression over the loss of my mother was still too unbearable to be around most people. Our kids were just going into their teens, we were already starting late on getting a family camping tradition started. Better late than never! I bought a used 10 person tent on Ebay, we used it for one weekend out. It rained all weekend. The tent leaked, go figure. The air mattress deflated the first night. We basically boiled bacon for breakfast because we did not have proper cover. We learned a lot that first weekend out. We bought a Pop-Up camper before our next camp out and I found a few pop up camping groups meeting up around the nation. It took great courage for me to get out of the house and travel around the United States meeting other wonderful people with shared interests from all over the world at camp grounds in the country. The kids got older, we traded in the Pop-Up for a travel trailer for two. Learned that it makes for a scary tow in a real windy state like Wyoming. We traded in the Trailer for a 5th Wheel RV and a truck. I found this was what I was meant to do in my life, I found my calling. Things changed. Financial difficulties caused us to sell the 5th Wheel. And a few years later we bought a little fun Corvette and decided the next best thing to camping were day trips in our fun car. That ended. Heart breaking ending for us. This blog started out as a journal of our camp outs but has turned into my day trip journal and whatever else I can add. When there’s not a crochet hook in my hand, or we are not finding a fun place to visit for a weekend day trip, you can find me painting, reading, or playing outside with my fluffy Pomeranians.

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Beaver’s Bend State Park – Sept. 2011

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