Mike on March 9th, 2010

Devil's Den State Park, Arkansas, March 1, 2008

Devil’s Den State Park, Arkansas, March 1, 2008

Lake Devil trail

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Mike on February 25th, 2010

Rider along the river, Buffalo National River, 2005

Rider along the river, Buffalo National River, Arkansas, 2005


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Mike on February 21st, 2010

View from Ozark Highlands Trail along Lake Fort Smith, October 21, 2008, Arkansas

View from Ozark Highlands Trail along Lake Fort Smith, October 21, 2008


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Mike on February 13th, 2010

Devil's Den State Park, Arkansas, June 21, 2008

Devil’s Den State Park, Arkansas
June 21, 2008

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Devil’s Den State Park is located in a deep valley of the Boston Mountain region of the Arkansas Ozarks.

In 1933, Lee Creek Valley was selected as the location for a new state park.  Wood and stone park structures, including a stone dam across Lee Creek to form the 8-acre Lake Devil, were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps using local native materials.


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Mike on January 30th, 2010

Crowley's Ridge State Park, Arkansas, May 2009

Wishing Well Overlook and, below, Lake Ponder Barrier-Free Trail , Crowley’s Ridge State Park, Arkansas, May 2009

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Mike on January 3rd, 2010

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… more than a tad unusual lately, here in Arkansas, as I’m sure it seems to people in a lot of other places.

But, the weather for the next week is…, well…, ah…, it’s Winter!

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It’s winter like winter was when I was a kid growing up in Nebraska. It’s cold – and it’s staying cold.

And it’s doing it in a lot of places other than Arkansas.

imageSomething called the Arctic Oscillation has gone into a deep negative phase, where atmospheric pressure in the Arctic is relatively high, while pressure is low in the middle latitudes. In the negative phase, frigid winter weather extends further into the middle of North America than usual.

Hopefully, this thing will moderate soon – but I’m not counting on it.

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Mike on November 1st, 2009

After weeks of mostly wet weather, Halloween was dry — and we took a short road trip and hike.

Our first stop was at the Russellville, Arkansas, Downtown Fall Festival. Unfortunately, my camera’s white balance was set to compensate for inside lighting and I forgot to change it to auto white balance. So the composite images, even after post processing, are somewhat surreal, especially considering the holiday and all.

As always, click on any of the following to view a larger image

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Our next stop was Petit Jean State Park. One of our favorite hikes is to Cedar Falls, the highest water fall in Arkansas — and the most photographed.

We figured that, with the recent wet weather, and rainfall totals way above normal, the falls should be pretty spectacular — and we were right. We’ve been taking this short, but arduous hike, periodically since 1980. We’ve never seen Cedar Creek with this much water in it.

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Road trip commentary and images

November 1, 2009

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Mike on October 6th, 2009

Arkansas River from Stouts Point, Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas

Petit Jean State park, Arkansas

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Mike on October 1st, 2009

Day use area, Lake Fort Smith State Park, Arkansas, 2008

Lake Fort Smith State Park, Arkansas

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Mike on September 26th, 2009

Rock House Cave Petroglyph, Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas, July-2005

On ceiling of Rock House Cave

Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas

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