Month: September 2021
Floating the Eleven Point River in Arkansas
July and August in Arkansas can be brutally dry sometimes. And that makes it really tough for river floating around here. 2021 Summer was especially bad, with the dry season extending well into late September. We can usually find a dam-fed river to float, but even some of those have been generating less water lately. So what does that leave us with? Spring-fed rivers. There is the Spring River near Hardy. It’s a fun river if you like to party, but it does get really crowded and rowdy on the weekends. I actually like the river, but I’m over the crowds there. A while back my brother asked me, what about floating the Eleven Point River in Arkansas? The Eleven Point? In Arkansas? Maybe I’m the only one, but until recently, I didn’...
Hiking the Riverview Trail at Tyler Bend
It seems like every Arkansas Summer has a stretch of drought sometime between July and September. When the float rivers dry up and waterfall hikes become… well, just hikes. This summer (2021) has been especially dry and hot, making it difficult to get out and do these things. So what can you do when you just gotta get out there? How about a vista hike? Well that’s exactly what I did one Sunday in August. I hiked the Riverview Trail at Tyler Bend Recreation Area on the Buffalo River. There are a lot of high bluffs along the Buffalo River with trails leading to some great views. I like to hit those trails this time of year. Last Summer I did the most popular, Centerpoint/Goat Trail to Big Bluff near Compton. So this time I chose something closer to the Lower Buffalo. There a...
