Every Tuesday (this week I got a little behind so it’s Wednesday) until we run out of states, I plan to post about family-friendly vacation ideas, attractions and events in each one of the US states, taking input mostly from Twitter and Facebook.
Yes, I know how to search for travel ideas on a destination or attraction Web site, but a tweet or a Facebook Wall recommendation is a much more engaging and public way to spread the word.
Please don’t email suggestions to me; that’s nice but it is one-to-one communication. Tweet me and/or Facebook me, so that all of our networks can see what’s cool about your state.
We’re going in alphabetical order but started with the end, so our first state for the series was Wyoming, then we investigated Wisconsin , West Virginia , Washington, Virginia, Vermont, Utah, Texas, Tennessee, South Dakota, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Oregon and now we’re moving on to….Oklahoma!
Their state tourism organization is on Twitter at @OklahomaTourism and they’re on Facebook at the Oklahoma Tourism Facebook page.
When I asked for ideas, here’s what came in….
Twitter Travel Tips for Oklahoma
*** From @OklahomaTourism on Twitter — Family-friendly places: Jasmin Moran Children’s Museum (Seminole, OK), Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse (Enid) and Oklahoma Aquarium (Jenks.) Oklahoma City & Tulsa Zoos are also among the top-rated. Families can order Exploring OK with Kids, a free magazine on TravelOK.com plus check out our Hot Deals section for attraction discounts/coupons https://www.travelok.com/hot_deals/index.asp.
*** From The Clarks via @Travel_Notebook on Twitter — Just finished at Chickasaw NRA (National Recreation Area.) Great hiking and swimming, accessible to all ages. [More in their South Central OK blog post.]
*** From Lisa Gerber via @lisagerber on Twitter — OKC (Oklahoma City): Bricktown – ride boat, bowling and eat at Red Pin, or eat at Zio’s. [See] Myriad Botanical Garden and Crystal Bridge Conservatory.
*** From Anne-Sophie Redisch via @SophieR on Twitter — Children’s Cowboy Corral and interactive kids area [at National Cowboy Museum.) Got a kids’ website, too: https://cowboykids.nationalcowboymuseum.org. Indians, cowboys, rodeos….what’s not to like for kids.
*** From Sandra Sims via @sandrasims on Twitter — I’ve always enjoyed Turner Falls in Davis OK. Great hiking and cold spring water for a swim!
*** From Robert Reid via @reidontravel on Twitter — I grew up with talking buffalo at wonderful Woolaroc: https://www.woolaroc.org [Museum and Wildlife Preserve in Bartlesville.]
*** From Pam Baggett via @pambaggett on Twitter — Area north of downtown OKC called The Paseo, the arts district, about 2 blocks of 20s & 30s Mediterranean facades. Artist studios & shops. Annual art event [there every] Memorial Day weekend called The Paseo Arts Festival. Children’s dance troupe performs Paseo weekend. Just remembered the miniature replica of Will Rogers home somewhere between Tulsa & Nowata. True name. [Also] I still remember trips to Turner Falls from when I was a kid. And that was a long time ago!
*** From Thomas P. Jones via @FreeWine on Twitter — My favorite family trips are kayaking in Broken Bow, OK and Tahlequah, OK, or swimming at Turner Falls in Davis, OK.
*** From United Linen via @UnitedLinen on Twitter — One of the best family things to do in OK is WOOLAROC in Bartlesville.
*** From Dara Quackenbush via @dquack on Twitter — [My husband and biz colleague] Doug French went to the Cowboy Museum in OKC on his way back from Missouri. Just raved about it.
*** From Carmen Hill via @carmenhill on Twitter — Oklahoma City’s exotic animal park: https://www.tigersafari.us.
….And now, a massive effort by Becky McCray via @BeckyMcCray on Twitter (disclosure – she’s my business partner for Tourism Currents and also works on tourism issues with Oklahoma’s regional “Red Carpet Country” organization….)
The Honorary Northwest Oklahoma Twitter Tour Guide
*** Take the whole family swimming in the Gage, OK, pool. It’s spring fed, with a sand bottom – https://redcarpetcountry.com/county-ellis. Kids love to throw cow chips during the Beaver Cow Chip contest – https://www.beaveroklahoma.net. [There are] dinosaurs in the Oklahoma Panhandle.