After refueling in Amarillo, we continued north, towards Oklahoma.
The area is pretty empty, with small towns 20 miles apart, and not much else. The winds were bad much of the day, including some heavy buffeting from passing Trucks. We drove across the panhandle of Okahoma, about 50 miles, and then entered Colorado. We took the opportunity to take photos of the signs greeting people crossing the state line. The roads in Oklahoma were terrible, very bumpy, while the roads in Colorado are new and smooth.
Our destination was Two Buttes reservoir, a Colorado State Wildlife Area between Springfield and Lamar. After stopping at the Thriftway supermarket in Springfield, we drove 18 miles north, and then turned East. We turned south at the first State Wildlife Area sign, which turned out to be a mistake, as the road got pretty bad. We were able to get turned around and ultimately found the reservoir. We camped next to a pool surrounded by cliffs. Although there were fire rings and some beer cans, no one was here, and our rear window faced the pool.
Late in the afternoon, a flock of more than a dozen turkeys came by and drank from the pool. Pretty cool.
All in all, a kind of magical place, at least when no one else is there.
When we got up on Wednesday, we were surrounded by turkeys, around 30 of them! Nice.
We drove home without incident. We saw some snow in the shade as we got closer to Denver, but the roads were dry.
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