Matt and Carol's Travels: What's the Name of that Play... on yea, Oklahoma

As we drove through Kansas we passed a lot of fields containing cotton, some had been harvested already.

The drive was uneventful and pleasant. Lake Canton is a lake created by the Corp of Engineers building another dam to create a reservoir. To visit this lake you need to get to this state:

Most of the sites were similar to ours, gravel, with a covered picnic table. This campground is in the middle of nowhere, but supposedly is great for fishing and boating. The one tidbit that wasn't shared... flies, but no problem, I whipped out the fly traps; the word WOW applied to the flies here.

Yes, there were sooooo many flies, I needed to put out two traps. I had to dump one of the traps after about 2 1/2 hours because it filled up, and before we left I had to empty them a second time.

The campground was fairly empty when we arrived, Carol and I walked around our loop to see what there was. A short walk to the bottom road of the loop there was a great view of the lake; there is a nice playground for the children, a bathhouse, and a short walk to the day use area with boat ramps. If campers are not boaters or fishing lovers, there is a disc golf course meandering throughout the campground. By the weekend, the park was full, and the kids were having a great time. I made an attempt to beat the weekenders to the dump station upon leaving.

The excitement around here is either heading for the cafe just outside of the park, or driving 4 1/2 miles into Canton. I decided one morning to seek the excitement of Canton... I stopped at the Conoco station to fill up with diesel at $4.39 a gallon. Popping into the station mini-store was interesting, they had a bit of everything from snacks to auto repair parts.