Keystone State Park 2007
Scouting
weekend for
2007 Rides
Story by Jim and Laurie Allshouse
Laurie and I met our cycling
friends at Keystone State Park to scout out a route for either the OBS
May Getaway or Fall Fling in 2007. Johnnie and Diana got there about mid
afternoon on Friday. Moni rode her touring bike loaded with her tenting
equipment and Jerry drove out after he got off work. We ate supper at the
marina. We sat around and visited at dinner and back at camp. It had been
a long time since we rode with Jerry and Moni. Saturday morning we got up
at 7 am, had breakfast in camp and rode out about 9:00. We ended up in
Jenks around 11:30, just in time for lunch. After lunch we rode back over
a different route that Moni knew. It got us some small hills for training.
As we were getting to the bottom of the dam, Jerry decided (after we teased him
into it) to try climbing the side of the dam with his touring bike. We wanted to
see what kind of gears and legs he had. He didn't get far and his front wheel
didn't know it was supposed to STAY on the ground. Maybe it is a defective
wheel. I think he could have made the top if the front wheel had stayed
down. We all laughed with Jerry and then rode to camp for showers and to
eat. Today's mileage was 59 miles.
At camp, I made our Chicken
Divan in the Dutch oven. I used chicken because I couldn't find a cat.
After supper we sat around and talked about all the problems of the world. I
really feel like we solved some of them. Moni and Jerry had talked about
going back home after we got back from riding or after supper, as she had some
clothes packing to do before leaving Monday morning for a doctor’s appt. in
Oklahoma City at 7:45 am. Then she was heading to Albuquerque to see their
daughter. But they did stay and we all had breakfast together on Sunday
morning at the marina before they left. Moni planned to drive back from
Albuquerque straight to the OBS Tour de Trees weekend.
At 9:00am we started riding to
Sapulpa. This is going to be our Sunday morning breakfast ride so we need to
try out the route. We got the map info from Mike Schooling. He did a nice
job as it was a very pretty route with one GOOD long downhill. We found
the Sapulpa Family Diner to have lunch before our return to camp. On
the way back, we found a couple of hills (walls) we climbed. Today's
mileage was 45 miles.
The weekend campout was perfect with nice weather, good friends to ride with.
This is why Laurie and I ride our bicycles.
We thought we would use Keystone
Lake as either the OBS May Getaway or Fall Fling rides in 2007.
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We are at camp in Keystone State Park. |
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Laurie is reading the maps we got from John W.and Mike S. |
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Pier 51 Marina, cafe and a bar |
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Laurie, Moni, Jerry and Johnnie |
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Notice the crane on top of the boat in the middle. |
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Jerry on his new Touring bike. |
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We are riding across the dam to get on the Wekiwa road to Tulsa. |
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Jerry is saying to turn right here |
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The Spring of Sand Springs |
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The river trails sign we passed. |
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Again Jerry is saying to turn right. |
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Notice the bike sign that Moni is pointing at. |
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Diana is walking into the cave. |
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The morning sky, pretty isn't it? |
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We are coming back from breakfast, they opened at 7:00 am |
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A swimming pool on our route to Sapulpa. |
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