I’m starting the numbering sequence of this series where it left off when I carried over the old posts from the other blog. I drove out north of Harrah, east of Luther.
I was testing the idea of using my car to explore the back roads in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma County. It’s unlikely I would have ever ridden my bike out this far, anyway. However, this is the Deep Fork watershed, and the steep hills are now off limits for me. I noticed that I miss a lot when I’m paying attention to driving. I got only these two shots. This first one is a ranch up on Dobbs Road just north of Britton Road.
A bit farther north on the same Dobbs Road was this stock pond. I was drawn by the sharp drop on this part of the bank. In fact, I stopped and turned around on the narrow road so I could come back and take this picture.
Mostly I was just enjoying taking a drive out in rural areas while the redbud trees were in bloom. A few other trees were starting to sprout their green leaves, but the redbuds are spectacular right now. Frankly, a small motorbike would work a lot better for this, but there is no way I could secure one where I live. I wouldn’t have it very long. It’s funny what the thieves will steal where I live, versus all the stuff they don’t touch.
Anyway, I’m hoping I can get used to exploring this way and start getting more pictures of what I see.
That red in the bank really caught my eye, even before I saw the bigger picture.
It’s the local sandstone. As you’ve seen elsewhere, the soil in Central Oklahoma is mostly red. You’d have to travel some 50 miles east of here to start seeing brown soil. Everywhere west of here is also red, until you get to the granite formations in the southwest. Northbound is all red, so far as I’ve seen. Southbound there’s a thin band of stone running across the state, and it turns red again all the way down into Texas.