Category Archives: day hike

A break in Bella Vista

Posted on March 16, 2023 by Granger Meador

Wendy and I spent part of our Spring Break 2023 in Bella Vista, Arkansas. It is the northernmost of a chain of cities in the Northwest Arkansas metropolitan area, NWA, which has more than tripled in population during my lifetime. … Continue reading →

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Double Loop, Days 7-10: Trinidad & Capulin

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Granger Meador

June 15-18, 2022 | Photo Album For our return home, I planned to share with Wendy two places I had visited in 2012 before we began dating: Trinidad and Capulin Volcano. I had recalled them as favorite stops on the … Continue reading →

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Double Loop, Days 5-7: Ouray

Posted on July 4, 2022 by Granger Meador

June 13-15, 2022 | Photo Album Over a decade ago, I drove the San Juan Skyway clockwise out of Durango, spending much of my time, when I wasn’t driving, in Telluride. But on my southward journey back to Durango, I … Continue reading →

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Winter is ending, so let’s spring forward

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Granger Meador

March 14-18, 2022 | Photo Album When there is nothing left to learn from the winter, move on to the spring! ―Mehmet Murat İldan We welcomed the spring of 2022 after a winter that brought the Omicron variant. We endured … Continue reading →

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Escape to Quartz Mountain

Posted on December 26, 2021 by Granger Meador

December 21-24, 2021 | Photo Album Knowing that the pandemic could throw us some curve balls, Wendy and I waited until the last minute to make any plans for our two-week winter break. The Omicron variant was poised to infect … Continue reading →

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