by Byrds Adventure Center | Oct 8, 2012 | Adventure, Events at Byrd's
It’s a little past daybreak on Saturday, October 22, 2011. Our tiny squadron is at risk of becoming separated above the forests of Arkansas. “I’m passing over the lookout tower turning west,” announces lead pilot Robert “Taz Man”...
by Byrds Adventure Center | May 10, 2012 | Adventure, Mulberry River
Do you ever marvel at how flying connects things? Altitude brings life to the notion of “six degrees of separation.” From high over the Arkansas hills, for example, a person can see Friley Creek flowing into the Little Mulberry River, which flows into the Big...
by Byrds Adventure Center | Mar 22, 2012 | Adventure
Yesterday Lewis Rue and I explored Indian Creek in the Mulberry Valley of Arkansas. From Lewis’ cabin near the confluence of Indian Creek and the Big Mulberry (which was running about 10 feet due to heavy rains), we tossed a couple of Dagger Torrent sit-on-tops...
by Byrds Adventure Center | May 27, 2011 | Adventure
A couple of days ago Lewis Rue and I paddled Herrod’s Creek to the confluence of the Mulberry River at Byrd’s Adventure Center in Arkansas. We parked near West Cobb on Hare Mountain and bushwhacked down a steep rivulet into the Herrod’s basin with...
