100 Days of WILD Summer Fun Close-to-home Travel Destinations 51 Don’t miss the annual cooking of an
56 Dig for selenite crystals at the Great Salt Plains near Jet, the only place you can do so in the world! Get tips for your trip at metrofamilymagazine. com/digging-great-salt-plains. 57 Rent a dune buggy or ATV to scale the 1,600 acres of sand dunes in Little Sahara State Park near Waynoka. 58 Take a road trip to visit one of the four children’s museums in the state – including Science Museum Oklahoma’s CurioCity right here in OKC, Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in Seminole, Discovery Lab in Tulsa and Leonardo’s Children’s Museum in Enid. 59 Cool off by visiting a cave or go wild on a spelunking adventure. Find our faves at metrofamilymagazine.com/ caves-to-explore. 60 If your cave touring takes you to Alabaster Caverns, head just 30 minutes southwest to Boiling Springs State Park, where, you guessed it, you can see a boiling spring! Enjoy the swimming pool, fishing and golf on- site as well. 61 Head to Arcadia to see the Round Barn and enjoy a meal at Pops. 62 Sleep in a yurt at Natural Springs State Park.
850-pound fried onion burger during El Reno’s Fried Onion Burger Day on May 6! 52 Encounter penguins, rhinos, giraffes, otters, lorikeets, monkeys and much more at Tanganyika Wildlife Park in Wichita, Kan. Just 2.5 hours from the metro, the park offers unique opportunities to get up close and personal with exotic and endangered animals to learn how humans can impact conservation. Find out how you could WIN a “Best Day Bundle” to visit the park on page 6! 53 Go horseback riding with Sequoyah Riding Stables through the variety of wooded and open trails in Sequoyah State Park in Hulburt. 54 Experience Tulsa’s The Gathering Place , named the best city park in the nation. Discover 66.5 acres of unique playgrounds, climbing structures, trails, boat rentals, restaurants, outdoor family programs and much more. Check out page 6 to see how you could WIN a trip to Tulsa this summer! 55 While in Tulsa, experience the powerful story and legacy of Black Wall Street in Tulsa’s Historic Greenwood District with stops at Greenwood Rising, the Greenwood Cultural Center and John Hope Franklin Reconciliation Park.
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