Taking it easy with Sheli

Venturing around Chickasaw National Park PART I

Photography Shoot

This time we ventured to the south part of our state - Chickasaw Nat'l Park near Sulphur, OK.

This is part 1 of our ‘venturing’ … Flower Park - photography shoot

It was a wonderful adventure in the middle of July. We took off for a couple of days, me and my buddy Sheli Locke. Living everything behind but our cameras, well supplied cooler and a well stuffed wallet ... you know, just in case …

Oklahoma is beautiful!

No need to go far away ’cause we have it all right here!

Flower Park, named for its flower beds, was once faithfully maintained by residents of Sulphur.
By 1935 it had been redesigned into a pedestrian park and the Lincoln Bridge became its entrance.
The Civilian Conservation Corps built new features that included curving trails, reflecting pools, rock dams, cascades and a serpentine stream reminiscent of an “English Romantic Landscape.”
In 1930s, pools were created in Flower Park to use the sulphur water for health and beauty treatments. Visitors applied the sulphur rich, black mud on their faces and bodies, hoping to cure their ills.

Lincoln Bridge was dedicated in 1909. It’s design reflects the Gothic Revival style.