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Tag Archives: TripReport
Broke toe on the Buffalo
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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Tagged Arkansas, Buffalo River, Fatherhood, Nature, Parenting, TripReport
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Squirrel on Mt. Magazine (part 3)
<– part 2 Woke up on Sunday morning around six to the sound of blackbirds. I heard the nylon shushing sound of Squirrel shuffling awake. He said something derogatory about birds and I unzipped the hammock. While he was sitting … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Backpacking with Kids, Mt. Magazine State Park, Nature
Tagged Arkansas, Backpacking, Fatherhood, Hiking, Nature, Parenting, TripReport
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Squirrel on Mt. Magazine (part 2)
<– (part 1) Easing into the overflow primitive campsites on Saturday afternoon, I couldn’t help but notice the motley array taking up the far south end of the area. A huge transport van hauling a trailer. An old Ranger with … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Backpacking with Kids, Mt. Magazine State Park, Nature
Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, Nature, Parenting, TripReport
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Squirrel on Mt. Magazine (part 1)
Thursday, driving Squirrel to school, he laid his criteria down upon me. When I pitched the initial idea of a daddy-date, I really was thinking I’d be on the hook for some animatronic pizza and maybe seeing a new Marvel … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Backpacking with Kids, Mt. Magazine State Park, Nature, Trip Report
Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, Kid Hikes, Nature, Parenting, Spring, TripReport
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Paternal Epiphany
My greatest paternal epiphany to date begins, not unusually, with Kat. He’s been putzing out on me lately. After two weeks of frigid monsoon April mayhem, May finally arrived like your first sane adult girlfriend and the weekend was going … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Backpacking with Kids, Mt. Magazine State Park, Trip Report
Tagged Backpacking, Hiking, Nature, Parenting, TripReport
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Sprockets & Sermons
I got blood on my church shirt. Wasn’t much. Wasn’t on purpose, but still. This Spring, it’s been impossible to get Kat to commit to a backpacking trip. He went and got himself a new hobby, see. We’ve done a … Continue reading
Butterfield Hiking Trail – 1/1/16
Pre-Trip planning: I really wanted to wow my neighbor & new hiking buddy with a phenomenal meal on his first night so, of course, I went with fillets. Picked up a couple of 7-8 oz. fillets, a cluster of asparagus, … Continue reading
ERL Trip Report: Day 2 ending & day 3
East Saline Creek to Little Mo./Athens-Big Fork Junction Trailhead ~7 miles Saturday night was just beautiful. After we ate a few helpings of dinner, Kat went down to the stream to rinse out the pots. I piddled around camp some, … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Eagle Rock Loop, Ouachita Mountains, Trip Report
Tagged ArkansasTrails, Backpacking, ERL, Hiking, Nature, TripReport
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ERL – Anecdotal Aside
Mentioned earlier that I am an incurable people-watcher. There was one girl I saw out on the trail that didn’t make it into that day’s trip report, but still lingers in my mind. Was a good-sized group, looked like a … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Eagle Rock Loop, Ouachita Mountains, Random Off-Trail Musings, Trip Report
Tagged ArkansasTrails, Backpacking, ERL, Hiking, Nature, TripReport
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ERL Trip Report: Food Interlude
Thanks to those of you following the latest trip report and urging me onward with your likes. Whenever Kat and I head out for a Man Hike, I always try to plan one improbable meal that goes beyond anything you’d … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Eagle Rock Loop, Ouachita Mountains, Trail Cooking, Trip Report
Tagged ArkansasTrails, Backpacking, ERL, Hiking, Nature, Spring, Trail Food, TripReport
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