#9: A Superlative Place

near Davis, Oklahoma

Superlative - "an adjective that's used to compare things...usually end in 'est'"

I have driven past Turner Falls Park many times, but I don't know that I have ever visited this beautiful place. Turner Falls is the oldEST park in Oklahoma with the largEST waterfall in the state. Our family took a 2-day vacation to camp, hike, and swim at this destination. Our favorite part of the park was lazing around and not doing anything. The camping was our least favorite part. It's not how SuperD and I remember it. The park was filthy when we arrived Monday morning, for the trash pick-up had just begun from the busiest weekend they have had so far. We found a fairly level site and pitched our tent near the stream. When we made our lunch, I have never seen flies swarm so badly. They were everywhere! C dropped his bread crust on the ground, and it was literally covered within seconds! Even worse were the horseflies which simply would not leave us alone any time we went near the water. The only way to deter them was to jump on in.

By evening, many other campers had arrived, many of whom were loud, disrespectful of others and their surroundings, and partied well into the wee hours of the morning. Sleeping on the ground was practically unbearable, and as we prepared to retire, the rain began to pour. I won't say we were miserable, because the rest of the trip was heavenly, but we have determined that on our next trip to Turner Falls, we will rent a cabin instead.

As you will see in the following posts, our overall trip was incredible! We feel very relaxed and rested for the week which lies ahead.

A:
Turner Falls made my top 20. It was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We packed up our tent and took a long trip to our campsite. When we got there, we passed a lot of stores and food places. Then we went down a lot of twisty roads and tight turns. When we got to the campsite, we set up our tent and went swimming. The thing I didn't like about camping, was that after we swam, the horseflies came out and started biting us!!!!!!! IT REALLY HURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got bitten about 10 times!!!!! That night, we ate s'mores, watched the lightning, then went to bed once it started to rain. The problem was, that our tent started getting wet on the inside!!!!! So we made sure to stay away from the sides of the tent. Overall, our camping trip was fun!!!!! I liked it!

C:
We went to Turner Falls so we could go to a Superlative Place because it is the oldest park in Oklahoma. We went swimming and hiking. We went to a Trading Post where we bought souvenirs. We went camping. We put up a tent and slept at the camp. The tent had a sheet over it so that if it rained, it wouldn't get the tent wet. There were bees, wasps, flies, and horseflies. They were eating our food which made me mad.