{"id":9486,"date":"2019-03-12T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insearchofsukoon.com\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2019-03-12T13:20:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:20:45","slug":"weekend-getaway-with-family-to-broken-bow-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insearchofsukoon.com\/weekend-getaway-with-family-to-broken-bow-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"BROKEN BOW, OKLAHOMA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes you don’t have to cross oceans to have a relaxing vacation……… merely crossing a state line will do the trick \ud83d\ude42<\/h3>\n

And that place is none other than the scenic Broken Bow in Oklahoma.<\/h3>\n

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Broken Bow is a city in the McCurtain County in the South-East of Oklahoma. It paves the way to Broken Bow Lake, the famous Beavers Bend State Park, Mountain Fork River, Glover River, and the Ouachita National Forest.<\/h3>\n

The average summer temperatures are in the 80s, the forest green and the lakes and rivers gleaming clean.<\/h3>\n

We decided to do a weekend getaway and after picking the kids early from school left on Friday. It is just 2 and a half hour drive from DFW, Texas. To beat the rush hour and also to reach before sunset we decided to leave at noon.<\/h3>\n

The drive was relaxing with lush greenery, cows and houses spread on acres with ponds.<\/h3>\n

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We drove through Manchester and Paris ( trust me we were still in Texas) and were really excited to see a big can of Tomato Soup at the entrance of Campbell Soup Factory.<\/h3>\n

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On reaching Broken Bow, the first thing we saw the Choctaw Casino. Unlike the huge Casino building, we are used to seeing, this looked like a truck stop. (Didn’t go inside so can’t say much \ud83d\ude09 )<\/h3>\n

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As far as the lodging goes, after much research, we had earlier booked a cabin with River Bank Cabins<\/a> which are located off US Highway 70, on the lower Mountain Fork River.<\/h3>\n

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A dirt road leads to these cabins which are graciously spaced apart on private acreage with lots of ponds.<\/h3>\n

All the cabins overlook the Mountain Fork River and have direct access to the water via a walking pier which can be used for fishing. The is a boat dock too. You can also canoe directly from your cabin.<\/h3>\n