This is the third picture I have posted from our trip last Sunday, 10-8-2017, to Wolf Creek Park, Ochiltree county, Perryton, TX. The two deer are barely visible, because the sun had already set when we saw them. There were more deer, but not close enough to get in the picture. The second picture I have posted is a scene of the tall, red, rock, canyon walls showing through the trees. An old windmill can been seen also. I don’t know why a windmill would be there among all the water that runs from the creek. It is old, I’m sure, however we were not allowed to get out of the car to explore the wild life area. We wouldn’t have anyway because too many rattlesnakes, and badger, etc were around. A huge dam was built many years ago to make the big lake that the park proudly boast of. I could ask someone, but as of now I can’t tell you why cattle are in open range at the, many acre, pasture land. There are several cattle guards while driving to the lake, but no fence can be seen. Often you have to stop until the cattle decide to move. Once a cow stuck her head up to my window while we were waiting for them to move. She mooed at me. I spoke to her, and she finally moved.
The lake is stocked with rainbow trout, among several other kinds of fish. I like to fish for crappie. They are very good to eat, and easy to clean. I have been fishing at this lake many of times. We used to take our children water skiing with our boat there. I must say this is a small, but fun lake to visit, and could be called a small resort area. It’s camping facilities are very accommodating, and offer a lot of spaces. Houses with people living in them are close together for a rural area. Some residents of this area are from three or four generations back. There is even a graveyard, or two, in some of the yard space. A friend of mine put her husband near his parents, and grandparents a few years ago, just a few yards from her house. She still lives there alone. The area I am talking about used to be an old Indian camp. It boast of a buried city, and has been purchased by a millionaire for further exploration. It is thought by many that hundreds of Indian skeletons are buried throughout the several square-mile area. Thousands of arrow heads have been gathered from this place, with some being placed in the city’s museum. I believe many of us Perryton residents are failing to feel all of the pride we should feel by living, and owning property here. We complain about being too remote, and not close enough to big hospitals. However, we have a very good hospital, and doctors, who will take care of us while being transferred to a larger hospital. We have ancestry marking all around us, and that in it’s self is phenomenal.
God Bless
Myrtle Jean Sharp
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