Month: November 2010

  • Hawk Watcher’s Point

    Ann chooses this short and steep hike to do with our friend Elaine. I’ve been working hard and am grateful to get out into the Sandia Mountain Wilderness for some good air. Tres Pistoles Trailhead Trail 194 The trail winds through very climbable boulders, which rekindle some of my very dormant climbing itch. The destination,…

  • Lake Hefner Bike Loop

    We’ve been missing our bikes, so when Nathan and Grace offer us loaners for the day we go for it (even though they aren’t recumbent bikes as we’ve smugly grown accustomed to). Embarking from Camp Nathan The wind simulates a lake shore that is downhill on the east side and uphill on the west. On…

  • Oklahoma City Visit

    My old friend Nathan and his awesome girlfriend Grace break us right out of our routine by taking us to see Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s at a small venue in nearby Norman, keeping us up way past our bedtime. The cure for that comes the next morning at the Red Cup. Red…

  • Benighted on Cub Lake

    We’re camped by what looks like a tiny lake in Natchez Trace State Park, and we want to get a hike in before the day is over, so we decide to try to find our way around the lake. It’s easy enough at first as we follow roads through the campground and cabin areas. Then…