Lawton, OK: Would you want to live there?

[juel]

Well Oklahoma doesn't have all the glamour of some states; however, you will never find better people than the folks here. I was born here and have lived in several states because of my work. I keep coming back to Oklahoma and it's not because of the women. Lawton certainly isn't a garden spot, but there is a lot of history there. Geronimo is buried at the old fort. There are mountains (Ok, Oklahoma hills) and animals. Just remember I can park as many trailers in my yard as I can stuff in, I got the tag agent to come out and get the VIN number off all three of the trailers I've taged here so I wouldn't have to drag them to her office, the guy that changes my oil in my Tundra came out to fix a hole in my driveway because Bob was out of town and when I was in Florida the city police called me on my cell phone to tell me something had set off my smoke alarm and they had gone to the Health Department where I work to see if anyone had a key so they could check the house to see that things were all right. It turned out to be just high humidity and they closed up the house and turned on the AC so it wouldn't happen again. One of the sons of a woman where I work even goes over to check on my invalid sister in the town where he is in college...for nothing. It's 35 miles away and makes less stress for both my sister and myself. We can play football in this state too!!

[Smokin Camel]

My memories of the Lawton-Ft. Sill Area....

I remember being at Sill as a temp assignment. coming from the 82d Airborne they (whomever "they" is?) decided I would be a tack NCO at a BCT company (Basic Training) The drill Sgt.'s often let me run the recruits for morning PT. I rmember an armadillo running through the formation and causing a bit of a disturbance. One gal thought it was a giant rat! One day the troopies were feeling their wheaties and the drills decided that me and another temporary duty NCO should run the trainies at our training speed (about 6.5-7 miles/minute), for a quick four miler. The CO was very unhappy about athe 25% finish rate. We did not get to run the troops after that. The run to Geronimo's tomb is a nice road. The old Ft. Sill that was built by the buffaloe soldiers (black cavalry) is still standing. Several famous indian prisoners were kept there.

Lawton was an Army town. A strip of seedy bars always comes with that type of town. Outside of the strip Lawton seemed like a normal town to me. As to it be a boring great plains town I do not totaly agree. Though I understand that sentiment.

No matter where you go, the location is what you make of it. While I am not intimate with the things to do in Oaklahoma, I was not bored at all.

When on recruiting duty I once talked to a young man that wanted to join the Army. He had his brother (verteran) come down to the office with him. The young fellow wanted anything except Germany. When I asked why he looked at his brother, the brother said it was boring! Finding that hard to believe, I asked what he did over there....he responded that he stayed in his room and listened to his sterio. I think I know what the problem was. You only have to start exploring to have something to do! Lawton or anywhere else.

I did find ultimately find one place that was so bad it was like Montana without sheep! That spot is classified, I have a feeling that at least one other AS type knows where that is. Outside of the secret spot...start exploring, that alone can keep one busy for a long time.

[AIR-Quarius]

ask them where the 'iron door' is hidden! Hey if you venture out this way west in Altus, lets go metal detecting up in the quartz mountains...another fellow said they are not mountains...they are old old old old what are known as Platonic mountains (here before Noahs historical flood)...what kind of work do you do anyway?