ANTHEM BREWING & FOSS STATE PARK, OKLAHOMA - MARCH 13-21, 2025

HARVEST HOST - ANTHEM BREWING COMPANY, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK

One of the best things we did when we started our journey across the US was joining Harvest Hosts.  Harvest Hosts is a network of farms, wineries, breweries, distilleries, golf courses, and community hosts that invite RVers to stay overnight, giving members safe, convenient and unique places to stay during their travels. The only thing that they ask is that you patronize their establishment.  

Our first stay at a Harvest Host was Anthem Brewing Company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. We enjoyed the variety of beers they had on tap. They allow dogs in the taproom, so Lottē and Dixie had a great time. Everyone loved Dixie and she got lots of attention. Lottē is a mama's girl and, although she likes the attention, she pretty much clings to me.



We were to stay one night at the brewery but high winds and a dust storm were predicted.  High profile vehicles were advised not to travel.  We stayed another night.  This is what the skyline looked like in downtown OKC.


The skies were orange and visibility was at a minimum.  There were fires throughout the area, as well as the high winds that caused dust to fly.  The locals that we spoke with said they had never seen it like that before.  

We were able to leave the next day and headed to Foss State Park in Butler, OK.  We often get asked why we go to the cities we go to.  The reason is, we aren't in any hurry, we like to only travel for a few hours each day, so we plan to stay at in-between places and just see what we can see.

FOSS STATE PARK, BUTLER, OKLAHOMA

The sites at Foss State Park are close together but sit right on the lake.  The sunrises are beautiful here.  So many shades of orange, yellow, red, blue and purple.


We drove to several trails, the Riverside Recreation Trail, which is a short loop trail.  Everything is so dry and the marsh land was dried up.  We did see some broom grass and soap berries (poisonous).  Not really much to see, but we got a walk in with the dogs.


The Washita National Wildlife Refuge was also dried out and we didn't see anything on the auto-tour through the area.  It was disappointing, but I guess we hit it at the wrong time of the year.  

We drove into Clinton, Oklahoma to check out what once was an active trade center in the early 1900s when the Blackwell, Enid and Southwestern Railroad (later the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway) and the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway (later the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway) built lines connecting the community with outside markets.  On old railroad bridge still exists today, but the train line that ran through Clinton no longer exists.


While we were at Foss State Park the state of Oklahoma was experiencing wildfires fires throughout.  Luckily we were not affected by them.  However, while sitting outside admiring the lake we heard some planes flying around.  They weren't normal looking.  As they were flying over they flew right over the top of the water and took off again.  We found out that they were "Super Scooper" aircraft out of Montana.  They were there to  provide aerial firefighting support, directly assisting ground crews on multiple fires.  It was an amazing sight.  We are so glad that there are supports like these to help with putting out wildfires.


We enjoyed our time at Foss State Park.  Next stop, Amarillo, TX - which deserves a blog post all its own.

Tally Ho!

Patty & Steve




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