In mid-April of this year, I was looking for a place to unwind for a few days. While I had been to Broken Bow in the past, it had been 40 or so years ago. I remembered driving up the Talamena Skyline Drive and thought it would be an excellent opportunity to relax and see some different Terrain, and it was well worth the drive. Searching for a cabin rental before the Easter Holiday was tough on short notice. We thought the Holiday crowd had already rented everything until we discovered a hidden gem. Indian Lookout Mountain Cabins: There are only five cabins on the mountainside, each one with a balcony facing east, which allows for spectacular sunrises over the mountains in the morning and at that time of year moonrises in the evening. Each cabin is nicely appointed and has a hot tub, Hammock, and gas grill. The Hammock and hot tub were particularly interesting to me, and I used both daily. After a day of rest, I began to explore and found everything I could imagine for an outdoor enthusiast. If fishing is your game, you have a lot to choose from. You can find trout fishing in the lower 12-mile stretch of the Mountain Fork River and 5 miles of that in the beautiful Beavers Bend National Park. You can also find Bass, Smallmouth, and Largemouth, along with excellent Crappie fishing in Broken Bow Lake and Nearby Piney Creek Lake. The water is clear, and topwater fishing can be outstanding. Hunting, well, the cabins are across the road from the 200,000-acre Three Rivers WMA. I drove through it twice and saw both Turkeys and numerous White Tail deer.
