Today we assembled at the Nature Center for the first activity of the 2017-2018 hiking season. We enjoyed refreshments and visited with people new and old. Our program was to inform us about the bear and big cat population in Arkansas. OK, OK, hold your horses and don’t be so impatient! Yours Truly knows you are champing at the bit to hear about the surprise.
On a gray, rainy, sometimes muddy, Friday sixteen TrailBlazers headed toward Jasper for our annual pilgrimage to Buffalo Lodge to seek fun and adventure either/or on the trails or the Buffalo River. En route Bill and Yours Truly checked Lost Valley Trailhead that had a roaring creek to cross and the Ponca Access to the Buffalo River that had high water flowing over the low water bridge!
Fifteen TrailBlazers, including two newcomers, took the short, scenic drive up to Devils Den to hike the Quail Valley Trail on a warm, sunny afternoon. Little did we know just what we were letting ourselves in for, but you will need to be patient to find out! The trailhead is on the road before you enter the park itself and there is room for a handful of cars on the right side of the road.