Category Archives: day hike
Queen Wilhelmina
At the tail end of January the weekend forecast said highs would reach the 70s in western Arkansas, so I made plans for a lengthy day hike. The target would be Queen Wilhelmina State Park just across the Arkansas border … Continue reading
Back on the Trails in Tulsa
I did not hike for the first three weeks of 2011, instead fighting a sinus infection which I managed to enhance with a rash and hives via an allergic reaction to penicillin. That was a reminder of childhood which I … Continue reading
Trying Trails
Blogger Harriet Gordon sent me a link to The 20 Hiking Trails Every American Hiker Must Try and I’m happily passing it on to you. Too bad none of these are near Oklahoma! The only one I’ve been on in … Continue reading
Passing the 300 Mile Mark for 2010
As I finished my post yesterday about my day hike with Betty Henderson at Fall River Lake, I noticed that, by the count on my spreadsheet, I was only 6.1 miles shy of 300 miles of day hikes in 2010. … Continue reading
Warm and Windy Day at Fall River Lake
The penultimate day of 2010 was unseasonably warm and windy, reaching over 70 degrees Fahrenheit with winds of over 20 miles per hour in southeastern Kansas. I drove 20 miles north to Caney and picked up fellow science teacher Betty … Continue reading
Meador Manor 