Beavers Bend

Beavers Bend State Park is located in southeastern Oklahoma. It's about a 2 hour drive from Oklahoma City of which most is Interstate highways. Our friend, Mike Taylor, told us about Beavers Bend and Cedar Creek Golf Course when he and his wife, Shele, took a day trip down there. We were told that this part of Oklahoma is not as flat as the rest and there was a lot of state forest located here. And because of the many trees, it was beautiful during fall. We decided to go down there to see what the big deal about fall is. We wanted to book one of the Beavers Bend cabins, but they were all booked, so we had to settle for a room at the Lakeview Lodge on Saturday night.

We left very early on Saturday morning and took a detour via a scenic route (of which the name is forgotten). The area was really beautiful and was just like our friends had described it. The area was somewhat hilly and he leaves had changed to green, yellow, brown and red.

	This was something that none of us had experienced before, since Cape Town stays mostly green whole year round. We stopped at several lookout points on the route when our camera's batteries died without us taking enough pictures. We proceeded to the next town looking for batteries, but it turned out that this part of Oklahoma has not caught up with the technology of our camera and nobody has heard of the special batteries we need. We eventually drove past our final destination, into the town of Broken Bow, where we found a Wal-mart store, which luckily for us had what we were looking for.
From this day, we always keep an extra pair of batteries in our camera bag. We finally arrived at Beavers Bend State Park (after the rush drive down and the battery hunting), and it was just as everybody described it. The picture above was taken shortly after we arrived. The fog was still hanging over the river and it was beautiful and quiet. The picture to the right was taken across a small part of the lake and it was amazing to see how the colors of the trees reflected on the water.
	We drove around part of the lake for he rest of the day, but not before we took the picture to the left of ourselves. By this time we had the camera's self timer figured out and was making good use of it. That evening we had dinner at a restaurant of which the name we can't remember, but apparently it is a local favorite.
We then went to the hotel and checked in. Our room was big and roomy and like all the other rooms, it had a view of the lake. We were woken the next morning by a beautiful sunrise over the lake. The picture on the right was taken of Vanessa in front of the hotel. We had breakfast at the hotel, checked out and headed out to the golf course.
	When we arrived at Cedar Creek Golf Course early on Sunday and found the course to be deserted, although it was open for play. We had an interesting chat with the pro and he told us that some of the holes on this golf course has more trees than other golf courses has all together. We just laughed it off, but soon to realize he wasn't joking. To the left is the opening hole of the golf course. The course is cut into the forest and is probably one of the toughest courses we have ever played. All the trees with its different colors, make this a cruel, but beautiful course.
As mentioned earlier, the course winds through state forest, but also has some excellent views of the lake. On the right, I can be seen teeing off on one of the holes, with the lake clearly seen in the background.
	The picture on the left gives you a good idea of how big the trees on the golf course were. In front of the trees, is Vanessa in our golf cart. The trees may be beautiful to look at, but they feed on golf balls.

After the golf game, we slowly made our way home. This was a great weekend getaway, quiet and well deserved.