Tour Oklahoma: Little Sahara State Park 07/24/09

I was stunned the day before when I suggested we go to Little Sahara and Tina agreed. There is really not much to do there other than ride ATV’s and she is not really into letting the kids risk their lives.

When we pulled up alongside Little Sahara State Park and she saw the giant sand dunes she said, “Ohhhh, I think I made a mistake!” It was very cute and funny.

We ate lunch at the only café in Waynoka, OK then went across the street to rent a dune buggy from Stewarts. If you don’t bring your own vehicle they are the only place in town to get one. They rent four wheelers, dune buggies and the whatever-we-rented that we called a dune buggy. You’ll just have to look at it in the pictures.

The kids were disappointed that they had a firm rule that you have to be 16 or older to drive any of their vehicles. It didn’t bother us. The rule makes sense and we abided by it. They are very serious about the safety of their riders and the safety of their vehicles and are very thorough in explaining everything. Some might think they are overboard but I didn’t think so. Off-roading is dangerous business and they took it seriously. Plan on taking 30 minutes to an hour to get your vehicle depending on how many of you there are and what all you are getting.

Once we were all set we headed practically across the street to the north entrance of the park. Then we took turns riding around in the sand dunes. I had never done anything like that before and it was a blast!

I go to drive a lot because everyone wanted to ride with me. Tammy also drove her girls a lot. Haley was the only one who rode with both of us. She said we were equally terrifying, we just had different styles. We both got lost a couple times also.

I cannot recommend this experience enough. Everybody should do this. We want to go back again and either rent more four wheelers and dune buggies or take our own and spend some more time doing it again. (Well, I’m not sure Tina wants to do it again but the rest of us do!)

Then we took the dune buggy back to Stewarts. It was really interesting how different their personality was once you brought their vehicle back safely and you were safe. They were not unfriendly before but they were extremely friendly afterwards.

Then we headed home exhausted and ate pizza in Watonga on the way. It was a great trip with great memories.