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Black Friday in Charon’s Garden

November 29, 2013 Wendy and I spent Thanksgiving Day with my parents in Oklahoma City, with a sunset walk at Lake Overholser. We spent Black Friday hiking in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, preferring that over braving the throngs of … Continue reading

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Autumn Loop at Redbud Valley

November 17, 2013 Wendy and I enjoyed a 1.3 mile stroll at Redbud Valley and then walked at Woodward Park on a warm autumn day.   Click here for a slideshow from this day hike

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Rough Canyon Loop at Robbers Cave

November 9, 2013 Tumbling leaves are dispersing peak autumn colors, so Wendy and I joined Betty and John Henderson for a drive back to Kiamichi Country, the southeastern corner of Oklahoma known as Little Dixie, to hike 3.2 miles around … Continue reading

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Hiking and Vikings

November 2, 2013 For Halloween this week Mother Nature gave me a treat, or what some might view as a trick, in the form of a large orb-weaver spider, with a commensurately impressive web. The arachnid built its trap from … Continue reading

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Lewis and Clark at Woolaroc

October 27, 2013 I last visited Woolaroc in December 2010 and was lured back out there today by the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery exhibition of 100 paintings by Charles Fritz, 14 paintings by Michael Haynes and 50 bronze sculptures by Richard … Continue reading

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