Trip Home Part 1: Prairie Dogs

Two weekends ago, we went to visit our family in the Lawton area. Josh's brother was getting married. Our friends Kellie and Jordan also went with us so they could see southwest Oklahoma. Saturday we visited Elmer Thomas park in Lawton. It's a nice park - much like Boomer Lake here in Stillwater. There's a walking trail and ducks and geese to watch. Check out the picture of the weird duck - does anybody know if that's normal or if something was wrong with that duck?
Well, at this park, there are a ton of prairie dogs. They are everywhere and get pretty close to you since they're so used to people. I love to watch them. They call to each other to with this high pitched bark. Apparently, they multiply too quickly so the City of Lawton has poisoned them before and also has vacuumed them and relocated them. We kept saying as we walked along how funny it would be to witness the vacuuming of prairie dogs. Poor little tykes.
There's a picture of Case peaking out from his stroller. We had him in his carrier in his stroller so he was covered. It was really bright out there as we walked and didn't want him getting burned. Don't worry - he slept most of the walk and got out to play at the museum...the next entry!