http://thebuffaloriver.com Experience the beauty of Buffalo National River in Arkansas Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:10:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ????????We'll be making our annual Memorial Day weekend pilgrimage to the Buffalo River this coming weekend! The weather has finally decided to cooperate in recent days. We've had no rain and the temps have jumped up into the mid to upper 80's. Hopefully the weather will hold ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/buffalo-river-float/off-to-the-buffalo-river-this-weekend/ My intent was to get away today and head for the Buffalo River to enjoy the beauty of the fall color show that is starting to happen there! Yep, according to Tim Ernst, the leaves are changing colors and they're changing in a hurry. My suggestion; do whatever ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/general/leaf-colors-in-the-ozarks-and-buffalo-river-area/ Fall is an absolute splendid time of year along the Buffalo River or pretty much anywhere in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas. If you've never had a chance to visit the Ozarks during the fall season, I would highly encourage it! The air is cool and crisp and ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/general/fall-leaves-color-in-the-ozarks-buffalo-river-area/ Here is a great video from an place that is in the Buffalo National River area. It's called "Lost Valley" and it is truly a spectacular place. It's been several years since I've been there, but I remember it well. The person in the video is Chuck ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/buffalo-river-videos/30/ There are numerous places to camp along the Buffalo River. The biggest question...are you opposed to camping in a "primitive" campground, or do you prefer something a little more on the comfortable side? "Primitive" camping is pretty much like it sounds. No electricity and no fresh running water, (none ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/camping-on-the-buffalo-river/primitive-camping-along-the-buffalo/ Smallmouth bass fishing on the Buffalo can be a ton of fun! When we get to float, we I spend probably half my time fishing and half paddling, (depending on how energetic my wife feels :) ) You can catch perch all day long, but the smallmouths can ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/fishing-the-buffalo-river/smallmouth-bass-fishing-buffalo-river-arkansas/ It’s one thing to take off on your next hiking or camping trip and forget your Grey Poupon. It’s quite another to be stuck somewhere without clean drinking water! The Buffalo River area has lots of small, clear running streams where you can refill your canteen “if” the weather has ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/supplies-along-the-river/dont-get-caught-without-clean-drinking-water/ I'm not a horseback rider myself, but I know it's a very popular pastime in the Buffalo River area. In fact, the last few years we've spent our Memorial Day floating and camping out of the Wollum area and there is a huge horse camp that sets up that ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/horseback-riding-around-the-buffalo-river/horseback-trail-distances-for-various-rides/ I wanted to create a couple of posts for those of you that might be interested in the float distances along the river. I'll be using my trusty Buffalo National River West Trail, map which provides not only mileages, but topographic details and special points of interest. If ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/buffalo-river-float/buffalo-river-floating-mileages-distances-west-half/ The Buffalo is a great river for floating pretty much year round. But...we're hitting a period of the summer when the river levels drop and floating on the Buffalo becomes more work than fun! Our summer started out very wet, but I believe the "dog days" of summer ... http://thebuffaloriver.com/buffalo-river-float/buffalo-river-float-during-the-dog-days-of-summer/