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CLOUDLAND CABIN JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 2012 Journal Archives |
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Cloudland Cabin Cam February 3, 11:15am - heavy fog and RAIN, YIPPIE!
02/01/12 There is a sea of fog filling the canyons below early this morning and I can't wait for the break of dawn to happen so I can take a picture to show you what it looks like! Seems pretty warm out, and wet. The airwaves are filled with the music of happy creeks and the river far below running and flowing and playing with glee. 'Tis a new month upon us and I look forward to and cherish each break of day and hope to see all 29 of them - I guess it is LEAP year, so we get an extra day - yippie!
I spent most of yesterday working on the Ouachita Trail and exploring several creeks along the way. I was really impressed at how colorful the creeks are down there right now. I have always associated the beautiful green color with rivers in the Ozarks like the Buffalo, but holy cow the ones in the Ouachitas are the same color right now and BEAUTIFUL! One in particular was Irons Fork Creek. The trail crosses it on a concrete foot bridge, and the creek is filled with moss-covered boulders. There are hills of green towering over it - mostly covered with pine trees that add a great deal of green to the "winter" landscape. I never saw another hiker, but I did find a fresh footprint - glad to see someone else out on the trail.
Some of you will find this humorous. I spent a good bit of time trying to make my way closer to the trail so that my hike would not be as far. Using old maps I made my way over some pretty serious 4wd roads, and had to use the special lift button on my car to get through some of the worst spots - this raises my vehicle and give it nearly 11" of ground clearance. Anyway, when I reached the point that I needed to get to I discovered a perfectly good forest road there that did not require any 4wdriving to get to! Silly me. But this is the reason I do all this research and updates to make sure the info in the guidebooks is current - I'll add that location as a new access point to the trail. I also found another forest road that had been closed and so will be removing that one from the map.
I'll be in town much of today, Thursday and Friday, but hope to post the new Print Of The Month late Friday, along with some new poster prints that we'll be making available. And perhaps we'll get a bit more rain this week to feed creeks and waterfalls - looks like it is going to be a great month outdoors in Arkansas!
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