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Gallery 2013: Oct. 19-20, Mount Magazine State Park
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 Back row from left to right: Phillip, Jake, Will, Noah, ASM Vickers, and ASM Van Houtte.
Front row, from left to right: Andrew, Isaac, Michael, Liam, Braeden ,and Jon. Saturday: 6 miles hike: starting from the Visitor Center (upper right), taking the Greenfield Trail, the Mossback Ridge Trail, and the Signal Hill Trail to arrive at the highest point of Arkansas (2753 ft of altitude) for lunch. Going North toward the Cameron Bluff campground, we bush wacked from the road (purple dot) to the scenic view area (green dot). After that, we followed the road North to the intersection with the Cove Lake trail, took the trail South and bifurcated East on the North Rim Trail to return to the Visitor Center. This trail had impressive views of the valley below. Saturday morning: at the Visitor Center Saturday morning: at the Visitor Center Saturday morning: at the intersection of the Greenfield and Moosback Ridge trails. Saturday midday: lunch at Signal Hill. Saturday midday: lunch at Signal Hill.
An expertise eye would detect Phillip's MRE warming up to the 50 something degrees the sun agreed to share with us on that day... Saturday midday: lunch at Signal Hill.  Saturday afternoon: view from the scenic view area. We could barely but distinctively discern Poteau Mountain, Oklahoma toward the West. Saturday afternoon: well deserved break on the North Rim Trail. Saturday afternoon: Andrew, Noah, and Michael. What a bunch... Campsite (purple dot) at the Horse Camp. As service to the Park, Sunday morning, we cleaned the Will's Apple Road Trail from natural debris (orange trail). The blue dot in the Horse Camp represents an old quarry, turned into a small but beautiful water hole. Saturday evening: view of the quarry. Saturday evening: view of the quarry. Saturday evening: ASM Vickers prepares the campsite for the evening meal. Saturday evening: campsite at Horse Camp. Saturday evening: ASM Vickers start the fire. Like a real scout... Saturday evening: Michael cooks his dog in a pan. Saturday evening: Isaac cooks his dog on a stick... Sunday morning: packing up tents and gear turns to be quite an enterprise for some. Isn't that right, Noah? Sunday morning: Teaching moment: Liam, Braeden, and Michael observe Jake folding and putting away a camp kitchen. Sunday morning: quarry in the morning sun. Sunday morning: vespers by the quarry.
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