Heading to Oklahoma City, I stopped at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge which for the day had sadly closed all of the bottom lands for a helicopter feral hog hunt. But it wasn't a total bust, I came across two older Oklahoman birders who put me on to a Spotted Towhee (lifer)! There was a short stretch of trail open where I was not likely to be gunned down like swine, and on the forest floor I found the bird double-scratching. 

Inspired, I went to pursue smoked bologna. One thing led to another and I ended up in the Shawnee Mall, a surprisingly busting place for a Thursday afternoon where a BBQ joint supposedly sat next to a cinema with the prized dish. Now this was actually a bust, it had already been replaced by a coffee stand despite recent Google Reviews. Though the mall itself was worth the visit:

No quarters on me regrettably

I pivoted to grabbing a "super smoked spud" from a nearby derelict-seeming smokehouse which was fantastic. 

I checked out a museum in town founded by a Benedictine Priest which held the only human mummy in Oklahoma and a vast amount of Baroque and Medieval art. 

 

Camp is set up in Thunderbird Lake State Park. Red flag high wind warnings have been issued all across the state for tomorrow, but I think I'll follow the Sequoyah duo's tip and head to the Salt Plains NWR and see if camping is feasible (right near the Twister the Movie Museum...)

TODAY: 18

LIFE LIST: 181

Bonus frog calls from last night in Arkansas: