Climbing to the Top of
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There is a molded stepping trail built by the Civilian Conservation Corp, going up the 80 feet of vertical height from where you park, to the mouth of cave. The stepping stones are built exceedingly well, but even so, you can expect a tough climb -- it being equal to climbing 8 flights of stairs. Resting benches and boulder perches along the way ease the strain on us old people.
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by Lin Stone
Wherever possible the CCC used native stone and natural inclines to form pathways in the park. The surprising longevity of the work is a testimony of the skills they possessed.
With the exuberance of eternal youth kids will play games like. "Who is king of this mountain?"
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There are several trails leading to the top. They are marked by bright yellow or flaming red dots. These dots appear on trees or boulders and are generally lined up so that the next one can be seen before you leave the closest one. The red dot trails seem to lead to places you don't want your kids going to alone. The only law that says you must follow either the red or the yellow dot trail is the law of self-preservation.
There is one manifesto though, and that is there is to be no food or drink carried onto the climbing mountainside with you. Even though I saw two people flagrantly gulping at water bottles the ONLY trash I saw on the entire scramble was one cigar tip, and RJ hauled it out for me.
Lin Stone is an author, writer and photographer living in Mena Arkansas among the gentle mountains known as Ouachita. His articles and essays are syndicated by talewins to be published automatically on other web sites. He writes about adventures and he writes about the peaceable things of this world for Your Vacation World. In his spare time Lin writes copy for American Insurance Depot. You can have immediate, and free, reading of many more pieces when you send your little surfer scooting to Lin's home page at http://www.talewins.com/StoneSoup.htm where he keeps stirring up more good things for the soul.
Lin Stone is an author, writer and photographer living in Noble Oklahoma You can have immediate, and free, reading of many more pieces when you send your little surfer scooting to Lin's home page at http://www.talewins.com/StoneSoup.htm where he keeps stirring up more good things for the soul.