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Lee and Karen Duquette,
The Two RV Gypsies: Full-Time RVers
drove 70 miles northwest from Watonga, Oklahoma to
Waynoka, Oklahoma to see Little Sahara State Park and its dunes.
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A prime example
of Oklahoma's diverse terrain, Little Sahara State Park is located four
miles south of Waynoka in northwest Oklahoma and boasts over 1,600 acres
of sand dunes, ranging in height from 25 to 75 feet. The vast dunes have
formed over time from terrace deposits, remnants of prehistoric times
when the Cimarron River flowed over the entire area during the Pleistocene
Age. This makes for extremely fine quartz sand.
The main attraction at Little Sahara State Park is dune buggy and ATV
riding across the sand dunes. Visitors can either bring their own ATV
or rent one off-site by a private vendor. Either way, visitors will have
a blast in this mini-desert atmosphere, known as one of the best riding
spots for ATV's in the Midwest. There are specific requirements for those
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Below: ATV's can sometimes be rented but the temperature on the dunes
is 10 degrees hotter than off the dunes, and that meant that today was
so hot out that no-one rented an ATV on this day. Lee and Karen Duquette
took a short walk up to the beginning of the dunes, took a few photos,
and quickly agreed that they wanted to get back into their truck and
the air conditioning.
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Below: Karen Duquette
was not sure what this is growing in the dunes. |
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Lee Duquette drove around town for a short time, but did not find
anything else of interest to him.
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Waynoka 
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