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soonerhubs
11/25/2010, 05:44 AM
Has anyone checked out this blogging site? I've started contributing myself, telling stories about growing up in Sequoyah County.

This is the only Vikings team I cheered for as a kid. :) (http://networkedblogs.com/aT0Aq)

soonerhubs
11/25/2010, 05:04 PM
No Eastern Okies here? :D

soonerhubs
12/10/2010, 11:55 AM
This post made me laugh.

I've been that guy when I was younger. (http://networkedblogs.com/bGULj)

The
12/10/2010, 12:09 PM
Hello, Sequoyah County buddy!

soonerhubs
12/10/2010, 12:32 PM
Hello, Sequoyah County buddy!

Hi there!

The
12/10/2010, 12:33 PM
Were you also irradiated by the Sequoyah Fuels explosion that gave us all Super Powers?

soonerhubs
12/10/2010, 12:36 PM
Were you also irradiated by the Sequoyah Fuels explosion that gave us all Super Powers?

My dad worked at the place. I'm not sure of any super powers yet, but I'm buying a suit just in case. :D

What was your town/community?

The
12/10/2010, 12:41 PM
Akins, home of the final resting place of Pretty Boy Floyd.

I've drank beer on every dirt road in that county.

Jammin'
12/10/2010, 12:45 PM
I need to get back to P-Mac. That bar was incredible.

soonerhubs
12/10/2010, 12:50 PM
Akins, home of the final resting place of Pretty Boy Floyd.

I've drank beer on every dirt road in that county.

That's a lot of beer.

The
12/10/2010, 12:50 PM
That's a lot of beer.

I had a lot of time.

soonerhubs
12/13/2010, 04:54 PM
Cutting Wood in Eastern Oklahoma (http://networkedblogs.com/bNDJe)

soonerhubs
12/28/2010, 10:32 AM
Oklahoma Scouting (http://www.reddirtchronicles.com/2010/12/where-the-red-fern-grew-chapter-6-life-as-a-scout-in-troop-701/)

SunnySooner
12/28/2010, 06:13 PM
I'm a Sequoyah county girl. Haven't lived there in 20 years, but my family is all still there. Pretty country, I like hills, trees, lakes, rivers, etc.

soonerhubs
12/28/2010, 06:31 PM
I'm a Sequoyah county girl. Haven't lived there in 20 years, but my family is all still there. Pretty country, I like hills, trees, lakes, rivers, etc.

We spent Christmas there with my folks. I love the area.

soonerhubs
1/7/2011, 11:45 AM
Anyone else play in creeks? (http://www.reddirtchronicles.com/2011/01/where-the-red-fern-grew-chapter-7-hubler-kids-were-civil-engineers/)

delhalew
1/7/2011, 12:58 PM
I'm confused by the name. We have much more red clay in the southwest and western portion of the state. Eastern OK is pretty lush...like Arky.

soonerhubs
1/7/2011, 01:10 PM
I'm confused by the name. We have much more red clay in the southwest and western portion of the state. Eastern OK is pretty lush...like Arky.

Good point. The rest of the blog authors are scattered throughout the state. I just happen to want to write about the black dirt, hilly (hillbilly) region where I was born and raised.

delhalew
1/7/2011, 01:15 PM
Good point. The rest of the blog authors are scattered throughout the state. I just happen to want to write about the black dirt, hilly (hillbilly) region where I was born and raised.

Ahhhh, Ok. I haven't found time to get a good look at it, or I suppose I would have known that.

soonerhubs
1/7/2011, 01:22 PM
Ahhhh, Ok. I haven't found time to get a good look at it, or I suppose I would have known that.

No worries.

delhalew
1/7/2011, 05:24 PM
Anyone else play in creeks? (http://www.reddirtchronicles.com/2011/01/where-the-red-fern-grew-chapter-7-hubler-kids-were-civil-engineers/)

Mere yards from my home in Stephens County, we had a Very deep and wide washout that was fed from a massive tinhorn. As a 10 year old boy, I thought my 14 old cousin was a superhero for climbing a 20 ft tree above a 20 ft deep ravine with a oil field rope on his back.

He got that thick rope tied up in the tree, and we tied a knot in the bottom. The carnage that followed makes up some of my best memories. We flung ourselves into trees and the side of the ravine over and over until we found the sweet spots from which to swing. We eventually set it up so you could swing as high as possible and let go in order to grab a zip line that took you several hundred feet down the creek bed.

So much water came through there that there were beautiful rock ledges and water falls. Unfortunately, by the time I graduated high school and moved to Norman, much of the beauty was spoiled by beer cans and trash. We always cleaned up, but it became difficult to keep up with the popularity of the spot. Those who we brought there as children used it as a place to drink and get high as teenagers. Just the same, it was a special place.

soonerhubs
1/7/2011, 05:38 PM
Mere yards from my home in Stephens County, we had a Very deep and wide washout that was fed from a massive tinhorn. As a 10 year old boy, I thought my 14 old cousin was a superhero for climbing a 20 ft tree above a 20 ft deep ravine with a oil field rope on his back.

He got that thick rope tied up in the tree, and we tied a knot in the bottom. The carnage that followed makes up some of my best memories. We flung ourselves into trees and the side of the ravine over and over until we found the sweet spots from which to swing. We eventually set it up so you could swing as high as possible and let go in order to grab a zip line that took you several hundred feet down the creek bed.

So much water came through there that there were beautiful rock ledges and water falls. Unfortunately, by the time I graduated high school and moved to Norman, much of the beauty was spoiled by beer cans and trash. We always cleaned up, but it became difficult to keep up with the popularity of the spot. Those who we brought there as children used it as a place to drink and get high as teenagers. Just the same, it was a special place.

Thanks for posting. I'm glad to know we weren't alone. It's a wonder we survived some of those days. :D

soonerhubs
1/15/2011, 05:38 PM
Anyone else know of any other Amish places to eat outside of Chouteau?

I love the Dutch Pantry! (http://www.reddirtchronicles.com/2011/01/the-appetitite-of-dan-my-take-on-amish-cooking/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+RedDirtChronicles+(Red+Dirt+Chr onicles))