Category Archives: Scenery

Mount Magazine

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Roger

We got to Mount Magazine an hour and a half before we could check into our room. We spent the time looking at the scenery. First we drove along the north rim and stopped at several overlooks. To the northwest, … Continue reading →

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Best Day Ever, Part Five — Lost Valley

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Roger

Lost Valley, near Ponca, Arkansas, is part of the Buffalo National River. None of us had ever been there before or knew much about it. When we first started walking the trail, it didn’t seem very exciting. The first “waterfall” … Continue reading →

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Best Day Ever, Part Four — Buffalo National River

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Roger

Immediately after we left the Parker-Hickman Farmstead, we reached the Buffalo River. The road crossed the river on a drive-through ford. It had rained for the past three days, and the water was moving fast. My brother-in-law stopped at the … Continue reading →

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Best Day Ever, Part One — Pedestal Rocks

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Roger

On the day after Christmas, my daughter and I climbed into the pickup with my brother-in-law, my niece and my nephew.  We headed north into the Ozark Mountains in search of adventure. Our first stop was the Rotary Ann Overlook … Continue reading →

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Five miles and Thirteen Minutes Apart

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Roger

I stopped twice on December 3, 2009 to photograph the sky. The first photo was taken in Barrington Hills at 3:56 pm looking over a marsh in the Cook County Forest Preserve. The second photo was taken in Fox River … Continue reading →

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