Oklahoma State Park #2
The Oklahoma winds finally died down long enough to finally break in the two-person inflatable kayak I ordered from Amazon. After all, this is an adventuring site, not just a hiking blog.
My hubby accompanied me on this trip because I’m way too scary to have tried this on my own.
Like Red Rock Canyon and Roman Nose State Park, Fort Cobb Oklahoma State Park is less than 1hr 30 min from OKC. Fort Cobb only has one hiking trail, so I don’t think we missed much by not hiking.
We arrived at the welcome center, and I got more park stickers than I should have. The attendant (a super nice lady) recommended that we go to the Sycamore Rd day-use area to drop in our kayak.
Great advice, because there were life jackets at the site. The universe was looking out for me because I only had some travel pfds that had to be inflated. Ironically, Princess Lola and Marco Polo the Adventure Dog had better life jackets than we did. Which is fine because I was more worried about them jumping into the water than us.
It took about five minutes to air up the kayak with the provided air pump. Then it was quick and easy to put the kayak in the water and hop in. Side note: We did practice setting up at home a few weeks ago before we took it out.
Quick Kayak review: INTEX Challenger Inflatable K2 Kayak did the job, and we enjoyed it. It was tight, but there was enough room for me, the hubby, and two small dogs. Princes Lola stayed calm and relaxed as she sat in my lap. While Marco Polo, the Adventure Dog, sat behind me. He kept moving from side to side, causing the kayak to lean a little. Other than that, I felt safe in the Intex two-person kayak, and it was easy to paddle. Like I said, though, it was a calm day. It was so calm that if we didn’t paddle the kayak, we would simply stay in one place.
After around 30 minutes, we packed it up, making sure to wipe it down so that it wouldn’t mold in the bag.
Fort Cobb is a much smaller park than Roman Nose, but I still had a great time. We enjoyed the drive out and back. We even stopped in the city of Chickasha on the way home and had some burgers.
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