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This place is home to the largest alabaster gypsum caverns in the world and it's right here in Oklahoma. They even offer guided tours of these ancient caves plus camping and vacation rentals.

Just a short drive from Lawton, Fort Sill in Freedom, OK. you'll find ancient caves you can tour, hike and explore at Alabaster Caverns State Park. It's about 185 miles North of us, around 3 hours or so away from town. I'm thinking the family and I will add it to the list of our Summer stay-cation places we'd like to visit.

A summer spectacle: Visiting Oklahoma's Selman Bat Cave is a bucket list item Ed Godfrey, Oklahoman © SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN People watch Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from the Selman bat cave near Freedom in 2018. When Melynda Hickman's cell phone rings, the theme song from the 1960's "Batman" television series can be heard to all within earshot. It certainly is an appropriate ringtone for Oklahoma's Batwoman.  Hickman is a wildlife diversity biologist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. About half of her duties as a biologist involve bats, incl...

Get a healing dose of nature at state parks Dino Lalli Guest columnist Several years ago, I remember reading a magazine article about how we really are not made to be stuck in living rooms or office cubicles. The idea of the article pertained to how being out in nature is healthy. That’s a fact so many of us already knew and appreciated, especially this past year. There are those who would also say it is true that Mother Nature can actually heal. Statistics and studies back up that claim. Spring officially begins March 20, and spring break is the start of “the season” at Oklahoma state ...