Category Archives: day hike
The Refreshing Greenleaf Hiking Trail
After a truly horrid work week I was more than ready to escape on a good day hike. Saturday’s weather was overcast and rainy, but Sunday was sunny and warm. I rose late and drove south through Tulsa and southeast … Continue reading
Big Hill Lake & Tolen Creek
I spent most of January 2012 fighting sinusitis, unable to take advantage of unseasonably warm weather for day hikes. Finally, four weeks after my previous day hike on New Year’s Eve, I had recovered sufficiently to contemplate hiking on the … Continue reading
Straddling the Lake of the Ozarks State Park
I’ll wrap up 2011 with a lengthy post about four trails I hiked at Lake of the Ozarks on the last day of the year. Coping with Hotel Living Earplugs are my strategy for some hotels. The new one I … Continue reading
Windy Walks in the Ozarks
The forecast called for unseasonably mild weather for the final two days of 2011, so I decided to try again for day hikes at Lake of the Ozarks. I tried to do so last May but rain changed my plans. The … Continue reading
Ison’s Folly and the Stairway to the Sky
I paid the price for too many colas at yesterday’s supper: a sleepless night in my room at Quartz Mountain. I finally drifted off and did not get up until 8:15 a.m. A cold shower woke me up, but not … Continue reading
Meador Manor 