Andy Rieger for The Transcript Apr 11, 2021
Apr 11, 2021
WILBURTON â The blooming dogwood and redbud trees along State Highway 2 adjacent to Robbers Cave State Park are competing for the visitorsâ attention on a weekday drive-through.
Above nearby Fource Malie Creek, two turkey vultures ride the wind like sailors on a broad reach. At a park campground, an experienced climber is teaching the ropes to a group of teenagers.
Itâs been decades since my family camped here, a tiny state park in the San Bois Mountains of southeast Oklahoma. We explored the caves and stone outcroppings thinking Jesse James, Pretty Boy Floyd or even Belle Starr may have left some stolen loot here for the taking.