Trip to Waurika

Keith & I opted not to drive to OKC to eat with the FNDR tonight, because we are supposed to go to Edmond in the morning to help Andrew with unpacking and building a fence. I got a text from Larry asking if we would like to go to Waurika and eat fish at Bills Catfish. That sound good, it is only a 30 minute ride from home and we will be able to be in bed at a decent hour.
We are to meet at 5:30 at Bois D'arc and Hwy 81.

We arrive a little late. There are 3 bikes and a car. Th\is is great, the more the merrier! We get ready to go and Keith gets voted Road Captain. Our little convoy heads south to Waurika. 

We have a good ride, the weather is perfect, warm but not hot. There was only one jerky driver on our trip. (there is always one) He waited until we got to the two lane to zoom past all the bikes. We pull into the gravel parking lot where Larry gets overbalanced and drops his bike.They are right next to us, and I reach out to stop Carla from falling, I'm still sitting on our bike. I don't know what I thought I could do to help from the back seat of our bike. The guys get the bike picked up and no one is hurt. Thank you God!

We really don't have to wait for a table. Pretty amazing as there are 11 of us. 

"Bill's Catfish" has fish that is very thin and crispy. They give you coleslaw, hush puppies, and the most amazing tartar sauce. Almost everyone orders a half order of fish, except me. I am hungry, so I order a full order. I make a happy plate. We have a wonderful visit and are so glad Ken, Lorraine, and Tommy followed us in the car. As we are finishing up, I asked if we wanted to go to Braums for some ice cream when we get back to Duncan. It was a resounding YES. 

Ken, Lorraine, and Tommy decide not to follow us as we are going to take the long way home around Waurika lake. As we head out, Doug takes the road captain spot and we bring up the rear.

The level of the lake is soooo low. It is below 50%, so if it gets much lower we will have to go to even stricter water rationing. Right now we can only water on Wednesday and Saturday from midnight to 9am.

This picture doesn't show it very good, but the black dots in the water are people. They have walked out and are fishing. We need rain so badly.

We drive back to Duncan by the back roads. The sun is setting and it is beautiful.

We have a great time visiting and eating ice cream.

View from the Back