Thursday Hikers

A strange and wonderful day! It was 5 degrees when I left Conway in the morning , but rose to 23 degrees during our hike. Plenty of sunshine but no wind, so the cold was very tolerable for this unusual 3 1/2 hour 3/1/2 mile hike through a Black Gum (Tupelo) Swamp area. with intervals Continue reading

It’s here every spring that we happen to see our first Skunk Cabbage. Tony would pretty much run ahead until he found the first one. But today was a perfect winter day. Icy underfoot for sure but we all wear spikes so it’s fine.. We had two good dogs, Annie and Chance, friend Harley, and Continue reading

A celebratory day on wonderful trails and with a bit of of rise in the temperature that made the day as joyful as we all were to be together in it. This was our yearly Christmas gift exchange hike, and rather a nostalgic hike too.. While we stopped and talked, good dog Annie used her Continue reading

A fine day for hiking a brand new Kestrel Land Trust trail with the temperature at 31, some light wind, mostly wide trails, minimal climbs. some ice underfoot, lots of water underfoot, lovely discoveries and plenty of hight spirits. Some WItches’ Butter (be sure to show Claudia and Paulie) added two splotches of bright color Continue reading

Last hike of this year! So we were in high spirits and just had a wonderful day full of fun. The roads and trails were so miserable that we just got carried away with nonsense. A few finds: a bit of bark that resembled a nose ….several curious pieces of birch bark….got us going. Nothing Continue reading

A day that started at -1degrees and went up to 25 degrees with no wind and full sun turned out to be perfect for our first show shoe hike of the winter. As we were pretty much snowed in on Thursday, we rescheduled our hike until today, Saturday. We’d claim the 1800s impressive stone charcoal Continue reading

And, really, what a “Sweet” day it was. A relatively flat and easy 2 mile hike in order to spare Nancy’s torn leg muscle and with Springlike (scary but enjoyable) weather. In fact so Springlike that a big fat toad came out to welcome us to its home. A new hiker, Chance The Dog, joined Continue reading

This is another of our favorite hiking places, and it’s always so good to get back to “the Gutter”. The huge granite outcrops are always so exciting. The November weather was a bit bracing but without any chilling wind. It’s a tricky place to get good photos. As well, we were moving fast (which felt Continue reading

Great hiking trails! We just loped along for 3 hours on wonderfully varied trails with fun switchbacks, flooded streams, and chilly weather that really kept us moving. Had to stop for a group photo at “The Big Oak” though. Someone found a piece of metal from some kind of old equipment and we stopped to Continue reading