Plan Your Perfect Day in OKC by Season When your family has an open day on your calendar to explore the best of OKC, how will you spend it? Use these parent- vetted recs for inspiration! Three metro families share their favorite metro spots for family fun and local eats.
BY SARAH BROWN, LANCE EVANS AND LE TRAN
Summer with the Brown Family
With the weather warming up and the end of school, my family and I have been planning all the fun things we want to do this summer. A day out at Lake Arcadia is a summer go-to for us. With its well-maintained beaches and roped off waters, it is a safe place to relax and let the kids play. Afterward, we love grabbing dinner from Smoked Out BBQ on NW Expressway just west of MacArthur. It always hits the spot! I also plan to make sure we get back to some of the cultural experiences that we’ve been missing due to the pandemic. We can’t wait to go with our family to our first Powwow in what seems like forever and enjoy awesome Indigenous programs and resources at Culture Hub by We the People Consulting. Of course, since I’m a librarian, we’ll be enjoying the offerings from our local library and participating in the summer reading program. With tons of take-home kit options, virtual programs and outdoor programs coming back, there will be so much to keep my whole family entertained. Plus, we love earning points so we can win free books as prizes. Sarah Brown, adult librarian for the Downtown Library, loves to read and pass on traditional Choctaw ways to her children. She and husband Steven are parents to Aislinn, 10, and Rowan, 12.
ABOVE: THE BROWNS ENJOY A SUMMER DAY AT LAKE ARCADIA. BELOW: LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES ARE A SUMMER STAPLE.
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