Wichita Mountains & The Wildlife Refuge

So a couple of weeks ago, my boyfriend actually kind of surprised me with a mini-vacation. My son was with his grandparents for the weekend, so we woke up at 6 am on a Sunday, hopped in the car, & drove 3 1/2 hours to The Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma.

 

The day before this, he actually took me to Hobby Lobby to pick up a scrapbook & some scrapbook items so we can make one of us. Isn't he so thoughtful?? So of course we had to take a ton of pictures! Anyway, when we first got there, we stopped at the visitor's center, looked around, & he bought me a t-shirt.

We tried to take a picture in front of the big window to see if we could get a good background, but that didn't really happen the way we wanted it to!

Then we set out on our hike! The views were so beautiful!

Here are a few videos as well.

After our hike, we made our way to the Holy City.

This is the church at the Holy City. They actually use it for weddings now.

When all was said & done, we made our way back to Texas. We stopped in Wichita Falls to eat at a place called Wasabi. They had some amazing sushi! Expensive though. I didn't save a picture of us or of the sushi :( We also ordered a drink called Sake. I was not a big fan of it because it's like wine, & I don't like wine (I know, I know, sue me). Juan described it as a "rice wine" & you can have it hot or cold. First, I took a shot of it. Ouch. Then I sipped on it, then I was done with it. We also walked around the mall for a little bit, then we headed back home. After getting home, we decided we were hungry, AGAIN, so we stopped & ate at one of the most popular Mexican Restaurants here, Abuelo's. By that time, it was already 9:00, so when we were done eating, we headed home & went straight to bed! But if you're around the Oklahoma area & you'd like to go on a nice hike, I definitely recommend the Wildlife Refuge at the Wichita Mountains!