We left Guthrie, OK at 9:20 AM EDT and arrived at Crater of Diamonds State Park Site #29 at 3:50 PM EDT. Our drive was fairly uneventful. We spent several hours on I-35 and I-40 before taking the Indian Nations Turnpike for a couple of hours south. That road started out nice, but once we paid our first toll, the road quality degraded to the point that when no one was behind me I would switch to the left lane for a better ride. There were no major potholes or anything of that sort, but the cracks in the road seemed to be at the resonant frequency for our rig. I’m shocked our TV works tonight. It was shaking like it was in a paint shaker.
The Crater of Diamonds State Park Campground is top notch. Each site is paved, level, 55′ long (back-in) and has 50 Amps and full hook ups. The free Wi-Fi hotspots are reachable and on my first test I was getting 10M download speeds, but the upload test failed and there has been no internet connectivity since. Verizon Wireless is 2 bars and the LTE speeds are 2.87/0.97.
It was 93 degrees upon arrival and we didn’t feel like cooking so we zipped up to the state park’s restaurant for their last weekday meal (only open on weekends after Labor Day). This was a brilliant decision on our part as they were having to do inventory (we were the last customers) and rather than throw out a quarter bag of fries or iced tea, they just gave it all to us. We’re sit’n tall in french fries and iced tea (2 refills plus 4 more cups to take home).
Beth will be working tomorrow and I will attend Diamond Mining Training 101. I also plan to pickup some firewood. It’s supposed to rain in the afternoon and then cool down nicely, so hopefully we’ll have a campfire in the evening.
Site 29 
Site 29