Herring Happenings: Kimbell Ranch

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Kimbell Ranch

Is this not one of the most fascinating things you've ever seen?!?!?! That, my friends, is a wind turbine.

Matt and Sarah Pitts (Matt and Brian went to dental school together and they live in Wichita Falls) invited us and one other couple to their ranch up near Lawton, OK this past weekend and we had a blast! I didn't take near enough photos, and the below doesn't do this place justice, but they're better than nothin'. We met at Meers Hamburgers, home of the "Best Burger in Oklahoma" in Meers OK for lunch and yes--that's a mean hamburger! We then headed out to the ranch and got settled in for a relaxing day in the spring pool.

Matt took us on what he likes to call a 'booze cruise' in his Dodge Ram truck that evening right before sunset and THAT was cool! A little bumpy, especially with 'roadies', but overall, freaking awesome! Mind you--we didn't cover much ground considering they have about 118 acres out there but he took us to some of the highlights. And, the views were breathtaking. OK does have a few hills/small mountains, believe it or not! The below 2 pics are "The Bat Cave." This little crevice drops down about 120 feet into this huge cave full of bats! Ask my husband about it next time you see him. Bless his heart... he and a bunch of other guys went out here for Matt's bachelor party several years ago and being the 'brave' soul he is, he volunteered to be lowered down there via this winch and wouldn't you know...the thing broke once he got down there! He was trapped down there for almost 2 hours! And, this was in the middle of the afternoon, in.the.heat.of.the.summer, but he said was it was rather chilly down there so that helped. Anyway, one of the guys just got pissed and started beating on the winch and got it working again, thank goodness! Poor guy....he said he couldn't even sit or lay there was so much bat poop down there, and you can only imagine how dark it was down there!! I would have been scarred for life!

Jennie checking it out!

Me and the Mr. It was super windy up there!

Our new friends, Dave Lilley and Jennie Gerdes. Yes, that's a bottle of Boone's Farm. Love these people!

They are so peaceful until you get underneath them and man, are they noisy!?!?! Wow!

The Spring Pool--this pool was the community swimming pool back in the 1920's. The Spring house, where we stayed, is attached to the Spring Pool, and has pics inside from when it his was in operation. How cool is that?!?! That red thing is a merry-go-round that has been out there for a very long time. Sarah wasn't sure if it's been there since the 20's, but it's been a long time. This pool is fed by a natural spring and SUPER cold! It took us all about 20 minutes to get officially 'in' it was so cold, but after that, we were in heaven! My 95 degree pool at home sucks compared to this thing! It was probably 60 degrees, but when it's 108 degrees out, 60 degrees is a beautiful thing! Those steps are off the house and lead into the pool. It's so cool and been around for years....if you can't tell, I was fascinated by the history here!

Looking out off the master bedroom deck. Matt, Sarah, and their kids stayed at The Ranch House while Dave and Jennie stayed at The Spring House with us. They gave us the master b/c they said I needed the King bed since I was prego. That was so nice, ya'll. Thank you for thinking of me! :)