Category: Outdoors

Oh yeah, views like this:

And luxury bedding like this:

My Ouachita backpacking trip wasn’t the longest, and it wasn’t even new territory (I’ve stayed at Red Spring and hiked through the area many times), but it was just what the doctor ordered. The fall foliage hasn’t quite kicked

It’s time for a long weekend of backpacking in the Ouachitas.

I don’t know if the timing is quite right for the best fall foliage, but the temps are perfect and the forecast is good and it’s not the city. I’m looking forward to a bit of stargazing over the next couple of nights.

I decided against taking a radio to the woods. I’m sure OU-Texas will go on without me.

We’re back, after a fun weekend of hiking the Ouachitas.

It was a leisurely weekend, and our cabin was lovely (as were the steaks that were grilled and the wine that was consumed).

Although the area had received some pretty good rain, the Ouachitas drain well, and the trails were in good shape. Unfortunately, Callie experienced a wardrobe malfunction — her REI hiking boots literally fell apart. That would have been a killer on a backpacking

So, I finished up a task a bit early at work today, and the long weekend has officially begun….

Well, almost.

We’re off later to the Ouachitas for a three-day cabin-camping weekend of hiking and grilling and wine and such. But it would help if I actually went home and did some

I’ve had my eye on the cast-iron Hibachi-style grills made by Lodge for some time, but I finally bit the bullet and purchased one of the little guys today.

The steaks I grilled earlier to inaugurate thing really turned out nicely. I mainly wanted one of these for future Float and camping trips, but it may become my regular steak grill.

They’re about half the manufacturer’s