It’s National Take a Hike Day!
And I had to work… and I’m taking a shift on the ambulance so I have to be ready to respond. So no hikes for me…
Dammit.
But if you have a chance, go take a hike!
Well, because I didn’t plan this well we’re doing a #waybackwednesday post. I’m also planning on revisiting this particular hike next week. I’m hoping to get some new photos and maybe see the “wild horses” while I’m there.
Ozark Trail: November of 2007
This particular section of the Ozark Trail is my favorite. Partly because it’s really close to the old family farm but mainly because it used to be my great grandmother’s family homestead. Up the creek from Klepzig Mill she used to watch bobcats play on the bluff.
We did a family trip and hike over the Thanksgiving Holiday. My aunt on my dad’s side and her family and myself. Mom and Dad didn’t feel up to it from my memory and my sister was working up until Thanksgiving itself. Or I just dreamed all that up and they just didn’t want to hike with us…
Either way we hit up the Current River Section hiking from Klepzig Mill to Rocky Falls and back. Or vice versa… seriously my memory is already going.
The crisp fall air and lingering campfire heartened me. The Ozark hills spoke to me and they still do. I was a transitioning from high school to community college and I still didn’t know what I wanted to do yet. I was going back and forth between agricultural business and history. It would take me two years to figure out history and go on to finish my degree at Arkansas State University.
Honestly, I still don’t know what I want to do with my life…
It wasn’t a long hike by any means but it was full of family stories, traditions, and jocularity.
We had way to much fun! 
I’m looking forward to next week. I will get to take Hunter out for a jaunt and hang out with family and friends.
Keep wandering,
BJ
The Wannabe Backpacker 