Ah, Camp Clearfork! Love this place! Whether you ride or not, it’s a great place to be. The Bear is in pretty serious pain, so she stays in camp. I go off with three friends, and we ride part of the new LOViT – the Lake Ouachita Vista Trail. We start kind of in the middle and head to the West beginning at Denby Point, then ride back on the highway. Over twelve miles total, and a bunch of fun, though it’s a tough trail, and they’re all much faster than me, so I’m constantly holding them up. Oh, well – they’ll get over it! (or not!). We still had fun.

This is a shot of the trailhead we started from:

Turns out The Bear went out with some of her friends and did ride a few miles at Cedar Glades – a fairly easy trail (there’s really no such thing in Arkansas, but it’s easier than the rest!) we rode last year.

Good food, good friends – GREAT start to the trip!