Category Archives: Buffalo River

Broke toe on the Buffalo

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Ozark Hiker

It started about three years ago. One of the summers where I get together with my parents and my sister, her kids and mine, our long-suffering spouses.  The yearly family week at Lake Chicot.  My nephew must’ve been about fourteen, … Continue reading →

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What we left behind . . .

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Ozark Hiker

A text from Kat tonight asking if he left something in my truck gave me an idea.  When he was trying to hump all three packs back toward the rock wall on Cecil Cove Loop, best guess is that he … Continue reading →

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Travel Not Recommended (Part 4)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Ozark Hiker

<– Part 3 Funny how the brain works.  In the moment, it was like I could feel every second.  Terrified that each minute would be something permanent done to my friend’s mind.   Adrenaline coursing through me, waiting on him to … Continue reading →

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Travel Not Recommended (Part 3)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Ozark Hiker

<–Part 2 |  Part 4 –> It started with the camera.  We were getting dressed again, gathering up shoes and gear.  Still laughing.  Grap asks me if I have his camera.  I checked.  Nope.  Still cold, I start moving on … Continue reading →

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Travel Not Recommended (Part 2)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Ozark Hiker

<–  Part 1   |   Part 3 –> We hopped back into the Yota and turned to travel down a Not Recommended road.  I’m gripping the steering wheel with both hands, doing a 10 and 2 like a fourteen-year-old in his … Continue reading →

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Travel Not Recommended (Part 1)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by Ozark Hiker

I dedicate this trip report to the memory of Grap.  He’s not dead or anything or it’d be in memory of.  Nope . . . this one’s just to his memory. This hike began, in a lot of ways, with … Continue reading →

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Woolum to Gilbert (cont.)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Ozark Hiker

Day 3 I’d like to say we woke up, but that would imply a certain amount of sleeping that I’m not sure actually happened.  At least for the adults.  Eventually, I think, in the wee ugly cow-milking hours of morning … Continue reading →

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Nocturnal Interlude

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Ozark Hiker

Night 2 Earlier, while we were making dinner, Kat had something of a catsup malfunction.  I think he shook it a little too hard with the lid open, but it splattered on the rocks and such smack in the center … Continue reading →

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Woolum to Gilbert

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Ozark Hiker

Day 2 ** I’ve been so busy heading out onto the trails, lakes, and rivers this summer that I haven’t taken time to write about them.  As the summer heats up and I’m keeping my little guys indoors more, I … Continue reading →

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Day 1: Woolum

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Ozark Hiker

Momma decided a few days prior that she wasn’t ready to rough it overnight, but agreed to come along with our littlest one and accompany me ‘n Bear Bait most of the first day.  Initial grand plans were to camp … Continue reading →

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