Atoka, OK (Boggy Depot SP) to Quanah, TX (Copper Breaks SP)
Pretty cool day. Literally. We woke up this morning and it was gorgeous. The sun was shining, and it was cool but not cold (maybe 55-60 degrees). It was so nice, we even ate breakfast outside at the picnic table by our site. 
We were pretty happy just that it wasn’t raining and damp like our last two mornings. When I checked the weather forecast yesterday, it said that there would be a front coming through overnight that would bring rain and drastically drop the temperatures. So we assumed it had passed north. Ha!
We got about 40 miles down the road and could already see the clouds forming in front of us. We took a quick stop at Wal-Mart to get some needlenose pliers and fuses that Jay needed and the temperature had dropped at least 20 degrees. When planning our route through TX, we really only went by one state park. Since we didn’t have internet yesterday, we weren’t really sure that the park was open for the winter and whether or not they would have power hookups. Both of those have been rather hit-or-miss for the off season. After looking up the forecast for Quanah, TX (near our destination state park) and discovering the windchill was currently 17 degrees, we decided a campsite with power was essential and put in a phone call to the state park. The man assured me they were open, had power and hot showers. However, TX has the distinction of have incredibly expensive state parks. $20/night for electric/water campsite plus $2/person entrance fee. So $24 per night. Ick. We decided we didn’t really have much choice and just to go with it.
Throughout OK we had some very light blowing snow. We heard that about 100 miles north there was a band of very nasty weather which had reduced visibility to 0 on the interstates and was snowing in many towns. Fortunately, we were far enough south to miss it all. It was very cold and overcast, but not actually snowy.
In a funny turn of events, we crossed from Oklahoma to texas on Highway 183. Highway 183 is one of the main roads that run through Austin, and I have fond memories of driving the 183 flyover from I-35 at 2am after a night of poker with my friends. Jay also got an introduction to the crazy Texas way of navigating access roads and freeways. We ended up doing multiple loops trying to get onto 183. I laughed and laughed because I remember doing exactly the same thing when I first got to Austin.
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We drove through tons and tons of cotton fields. The picture is actually the view from the camper window at the little turn-off where we stopped for lunches. Hopped in the back and made sandwiches
Fortunately, Copper Breaks State Park is very nice and there is only one other RV here. Jay informs me that the showers are hot. There are very strange picnic shelters that look kind of like miniature space ships (Jay thinks I’m crazy, but I totally think so.)
We took a short walk to a scenic overlook. It was such a cold day that we didn’t go much farther, but just out to the overlook and back was enough to make our noses run and get our faces very cold. We snapped a few pictures and jumped back in the van.
We’ve got the heaters set up, and the outside temperature is currently 26 degrees. Brrrrr! Tomorrow is New Mexico and we’ll camp there through Christmas. Nothing is open on Christmas and traveling that day won’t be fun, so we’ll sit in a park and watch movies, read our books, and eat a nice(r) Christmas dinner.