Arklahoma Hiker
A few weeks ago, I visited Devil’s Den State Park to walk the cave trail. While there, I drove around the park to see if any damage from the spring floods was still visible. Some of it is. You can still see the demolished suspension bridge over Lee Creek. It had been rebuilt after flooding […]
April 16-24, 2011 is National Parks Week, and in celebration, the fees at Pea Ridge National Military Park in Pea Ridge, Arkansas are waived. We took advantage of the freebie and the absolutely beautiful day to check out a little more of the hiking trails in the park. Pea Ridge has an 8.7 mile […]
I think it is cool to find others who are doing blogs about their hiking adventures. Here are a couple of new Arkansas hiking blogs you should check out: A Hiking We Will Go — A blog by Shelley with photos and descriptions of her hikes, mostly in northwest Arkansas. Mid South Hiking — A […]
There are two Billy Creek Trail loops. (The Billy Creek Trail is on Winding Stair Mountain, LeFlore County, Oklahoma, in the Ouachita National Forest.) My post on the south loop is here. The south loop is a 7.3-mile hike with 600 feet in elevation change. It starts with a spur near the Billy Creek Campground. […]
My hike yesterday on the Wilton Mountain part of the Ouachita Trail (LeFlore County, Oklahoma) was pretty exciting for me. It was the longest hike I have done (9.6 miles, out and back), and it had the most ascent (combined total of 2100 feet) I have hiked in one day. I thought it was a […]
Hole in the Ground Mountain Trail is one of those trails that seemed much more difficult when I first hiked it a few years ago than it does to me now. Some weight loss and lots of day hikes have probably helped. Even though it doesn’t seem all that difficult to me now, I’m still […]