Winter is Made for Hiking

A beautiful weekend in the Buffalo River country, and I took advantage of it. Good friends Jim and Kelly Edmistan and our kids joined me on a couple of hikes into different side canyons of Cecil Cove, a major feeder creek into the Buffalo River. On saturday, we enjoyed Broadwater Hollow and Mud Cave about a 4 mile walk that visited a caver's campsite where folks have constructed rock chairs around a fire ring. These things are works of art, they look like something out of The Lord of the Rings movies, and I got a lot of pictures of us all sitting in them acting like kings of the rock chair council. Unfortunately, I forgot to put an SD card in my camera, and all of the pictures from that day's hike were lost.  We also visited the entrance to Mud cave, one of the many caves in Cecil Hollow. It would be very easy to scramble down into the cave and do some exploring, however, all caves in the National Park are closed, due to a issue with the Indiana Bat populations hibernating inside of them. Still, a cool place to visit. and it was a good turnaround spot for us. On Sunday, we hiked into the upper slot canyon of Thunder Canyon Falls. There were 10 of us from 3 differant families, which was kinda neat. A great time was had by all, and we became aquainted with Matt Nelson, his wife Rhonda, and their 2 girls. Great people, and we enjoyed their company. On Saturday night, I took  a walk around in the woods and fields while keeping the house in sight, led by the light of the close to full moon, just soaking it all up. A beautiful time to be outside. I also took some really cool pictures of the house and trees that I will share. Hopefully, the river will hold enough water to get out this next weekend and do some camping, cross my fingers.     Love and Happiness to all, The Hollohead

Brutal Cold Brings Trouble to Paradise

Dang, things are not going so well with this blast of cold temps. First off, our heater is not working right, and has been steadily falling since last night to a cool 61 deg. in the house. Secondly, I forgot that a small portion of our main water line had not been buried, and now we have no water. Pretty dumb on my part, and not sure what problems we will experiance because of this oversight. I know this, you better be properly bundled to go out, because it is as bitter cold as I have ever felt, and it doesn't take long to start having problems with exposed skin. It was -4 deg. this morning, and has only warmed up to -2 deg. , holy cow that's cold. Hopefully the cabins have not had any problems with frozen water lines, and I need to go check on them today. I am growing tired of all this, and am ready to be able to work outside in more normal conditions. I am currently working on a new exercise trail, and I have several projects that need to get done, starting with Matt's treehouse and our front entry porch. But, it's looking like a long and brutal winter, and we have a ways to go. Today is just one of those days when nothing goes right, whatever it is that I need to work, won't, whatever it is that I need to do, I can't. Oh well, some times all that we are left with is just to appreciate being alive and well. And since all of my efforts are being defeated, we have no water, and no prospects for getting some anytime soon. Wish me luck. Love to all, The Hollowhead

Jones Family Christmas Hike

On top of the world

I love this little spring

My favorite time of day

Mac's 1st hike with the Jones clan

Outside looking in

Time for a hike

The outside fireplace

Brother Ken

My man Matt in his element

Pink and black

What would we do without this little guy

The young adults

The deck at dusk

The day after Christmas, the remaining crew all got together for a picnic in Broadwater Hollow, a special little gorge that we run in our kayaks when there is more water. About 3 miles from our house, this is the perfect place to come when there is not a lot of time. Everyone really enjoyed this little outing, we we could all get together more like this.

Rachel the explorer

Falling Off Falling Water Falls

This is what I would like to be doing right now. Hopefully, I can get back to it soon. This is Falling Water Falls, and it's fun to run over and over. I finally was able to download vidios from my camera, and I'm going to share some over the next few posts.

Jones Family Christmas At The Cabin

God bless all of our family, I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. It was awesome getting to catch up with so many of our beloved family members. Heres to a Happy 2014.