Summer Soft Road Oklahoma Trip to Sundog Trails 2015

machine1

Explorer
*Enjoy the pictures for now, I will add text and even more pictures to this report later so please check back for details.

This trip was organized by the members of the North American Soft Roaders for the Central region. The date was set in the Spring and the location decided soon afterwards. We set the date for Saturday 8-15-15. We had members attending from Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. The majority of the members were from North Texas. This was designated as a family friendly trip so we had a total of 4 kids and 2 dogs on the trip.

Our plan for the day was to meet up in Valley View, Texas at a Shell station and convoy up to Sundog Trails off-road park in Lexington, OK to explore the riverbanks of the Canadian River. We were going to exit the Interstate (I35) and take HWY 77 for the duration of the trip. We had stops planned at Turner Falls, The Original Fried Pies in Davis, OK, and a final meet up and gas/food stop at Wal-Mart in Purcell, OK.

The Texas convoy met up in Valley View Texas off of I35 at a Shell station. This location was chosen because of its easy access on and off the highway. Our original meeting time was 7:00AM with a departure time of 7:30 but that was moved to 8:00 a couple of days before the event. Our convoy leader John was late so we didn't end up leaving until around 8:30.

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Our Convoy leader and wife found us a nice detour (77S) with some winding roads in the woods.

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A couple of days before the trip we ditched the idea of going to Turner Falls after learning that the wait would be at least an hour just to get into the gate.

When we drove past Turner Falls there was a 6 mile line from the entrance of the Falls to the highway. You can see the backup in the background.

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Soft Roaders taking over the parking lot at the Fried Pies place.

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The simple menu at the Fried Pies place with a production line making all the pies fresh (the meat ones at least).

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Found a nice shady corner to enjoy our snacks.

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machine1

Explorer
Meetup at Wal-Mart in Purcell around noon. The OK and Arkansas guys were already at the park in the morning so they decided to meet up with us at Wal-Mart. We pretty much had a car show going on in the back of the parking lot with about 18 of us parked there.

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Entrance to Sundog Trails.

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Lining up to get ready to hit the trails. Josh was our trail lead in his Subaru Forester, he mapped out a safe route for us to get to the beach. We briefly talked to the owner Greg. He was a very nice guy and we thanked him for his hospitality. It's great to meet an owner who cares about who's coming to visit his property.

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Hanging out at the beach on the Canadian River.

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Doing some trails. Here we were stopped while the guys hacked away at a tree branch sticking out of the ground. The wife and kid were asleep by this time, I'm surprised they didn't wake up to the bumpiness.

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Back on the beach. The guys were trying to figure out how deep the water was.

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machine1

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My mall-rated Anderson Design & Fabrication 2/2.5" lifted SH Forester XT.

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John and wife with their Tacoma. Max is in the back seat somewhere.

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Mike in his Dodge Ram testing out the waters.

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Andrew taking a dip in the river in his XJ Cherokee.

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Fernando's 4Runner.

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Nathaniel with his older model lifted Forester XT and Michael with his lifted Outback Sport.

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The latest model (SJ) Forester crew. Josh, Gianni, Kevin, Phiyen and Antoine. These are becoming popular at our off-road meets, especially the XT versions.

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machine1

Explorer
Nathaniel having some fun.

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Tim and Ann joined us later in the day with their Cherokee Trailhawk.

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Chris and his Audi Allroad, it truly is a vehicle for all roads paved and unpaved.

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I think Nathaniel won the award for dirtiest vehicle.

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Here's how those guys got so dirty:


[video=youtube;0axrugJgtbc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=80&v=0axrugJgtbc[/video]

I will post more pictures and videos as soon as I see them on my feed. I would like to thank Kevin, John, Nathaniel, Josh, Tim, and pretty soon Steven for the picture contributions. I definitely couldn't take that many pictures with the wife and kid to tend to during the trip. I spent the entire ride home in the back seat trying to keep the kid calm for 2+ hours.

Ron and I keep talking about making a video about our soft roaders adventures and we never get to it. Maybe next time Ron!

It was by far one of the most enjoyable trips I've had. I'd like to thank the Soft Roaders staff for helping to get this trip together and making this one a success. We didn't go home with any casualties and that was a plus, especially since we were far from home. I'd like to thank everyone else for joining us on our adventures and we hope that you will join us for our next one!
 
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brushogger

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Great report! I wish I'd have known you were coming. That's only about 15 min from the house. If you ever run into problems in this area let me know!
 

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