Author Archives: Granger Meador
Waiting For That Day
Today was miserably overcast and windy – thoroughly uninviting for a day hike on my return home from Thanksgiving. I decided to shun the turnpike and get my kicks on Route 66 from OKC to Tulsa. As I was approaching … Continue reading
The National Weather Center and Lake Dirtybird
Thursday’s Thanksgiving 2011 would be at my folks’ in Oklahoma City, so I searched for a nearby trail I could hike before arriving Wednesday evening, when I would be taking them out for a much-belated dinner to celebrate their 50th … Continue reading
Natural Falls and the Grounds of Gilcrease
On this overcast November day gun-toting hunters across Oklahoma began deer season, so I knew I should hike at a state park to avoid the fate of Bambi’s mom. I perused my Oklahoma and Kansas maps for a destination not … Continue reading
Blowing the Bugle at Osage Hills
I last walked the Bugle Trail at Osage Hills State Park about three months ago and decided to spend a warm overcast Sunday afternoon blowing it up. By that I mean that I repeatedly strayed off the trail, taking roads … Continue reading
Chaplin Nature Center
On Saturday I drove over to Arkansas City, Kansas (popularly known as Ark City) to walk the trails at the Wichita Audubon Society’s Chaplin Nature Center. It is a few miles west of town along the Arkansas River. I’d planned … Continue reading
