Category Archives: day hike

Overlooking Lake Leatherwood

Posted on June 3, 2017 by

March 16, 2017 | PHOTO ALBUM | SLIDESHOW A year ago, Wendy and I visited Lake Leatherwood for the first time, circumnavigating the lake on a four-mile hike on the Beacham Trail. Wendy had enjoyed searching for rocks with crystals … Continue reading →

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Butler Hollow to Radium Hollow

Posted on March 19, 2017 by

March 15, 2017 For Spring Break 2017, Wendy and I returned to Sugar Ridge Resort on Arkansas’ Beaver Lake for a few days of relaxation. We first stayed there in June 2014, and it has been our Spring Break destination … Continue reading →

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Bluestem Lake & Bird Creek School

Posted on March 13, 2017 by

March 12, 2017 | PHOTO ALBUM | SLIDESHOW The first Sunday of Spring Break 2017 found me tramping down the spillway of Bluestem Lake while, 25 miles to the east, Wendy was at home building a new rose bed. I … Continue reading →

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Honeymoon, Day 4: Columbia River Gorge

Posted on November 26, 2016 by

TRIP DATE: July 5, 2016 | SLIDESHOW | PHOTO ALBUM | Links to Honeymoon Posts One of my favorite drives is the Historic Columbia River Highway, which originally ran 70 miles from Troutdale east along the south shore of the Columbia River … Continue reading →

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Salt Plains

Posted on October 10, 2016 by

TRIP DATE: 10/8/2016 | SLIDESHOW | PHOTO ALBUM A very busy start to the 2016-2017 school year has temporarily stalled the series of posts on our July honeymoon in the Pacific Northwest. So I’m interjecting here a post on our trip … Continue reading →

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Kite Trail Wildflowers in the Wichitas

Posted on May 29, 2016 by

Hike Date: May 14, 2016 | SLIDESHOW | PHOTO MOSAIC Wendy and I spent much of the spring working on Meador Manor to prepare it for her move here in late June before our marriage on July 1. That meant … Continue reading →

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Looping Lake Leatherwood

Posted on May 4, 2016 by

Hike Date: March 17, 2016 | SLIDESHOW | PHOTO MOSAIC On Saint Patrick’s Day 2016, Wendy and I circumnavigated Lake Leatherwood near Eureka Springs, Arkansas on a 4.1 mile hike. Far less hilly than our trek a day earlier on … Continue reading →

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