Author Archives: Granger Meador
A Long Walk in the Woods
Until this weekend my day hike records show the longest hikes had been 13 miles at both Eagle Creek in Oregon and Queen Wilhelmina in Arkansas and 14.5 miles on the Elk River Trail up in Kansas. On Saturday, May … Continue reading
A Visit to Lake McMurtry
It was a sunny spring Saturday and, having been cooped up the previous weekend with rain and a facility planning project, I was looking for a new and dry place to hike. Rain chances in the area were 20% or … Continue reading
A Turn of Phrase, A Snatch of Song
Do you have songs in which you wait, eagerly, for that magic moment when a certain turn of phrase or instrumental bit seizes hold of you? Those are the things which sometimes earn a song an extra star in my … Continue reading
Bartlesville: A Mixture of Stability and Change
I began teaching in Bartlesville 22 years ago, moving here at age 23 for my first teaching position, one I’ve yet to relinquish. In many ways Bartlesville has changed little over those decades, but in other ways changes are quite … Continue reading
Around the Rim of Red Rock Canyon
April 18, 2011 Driving west from Oklahoma City on I-40, you leave the Cross Timbers behind and enter the rolling great plains. The scenery is little but grass and sky, yet between Hinton and Binger there are gashes in the … Continue reading
