Buffalo National River Blog
Posted on July 8, 2007
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Glad you’ve found your way here! Since you’re visiting, my guess is that you love the Buffalo National River in Arkansas, just as much as I do?
I’ve been going to the Buffalo river since I was a small child. My parents took us kids camping there at least once a year. As I got older and my interests turned to other things, and my trips to the Buffalo declined and finally stopped.
In the early 90’s, I joined up with group of friends and family that made a couple of trips each year to the Buffalo, (Memorial Day weekend & 4th of July), and I think I’ve made at least one trip there every year since! Now that I have kids, the tradition is getting passed down to them and they love it.
I wanted to put a blog together to share my experiences, but realized that considering I’m only there for a few days each year, I’d run out of stories to tell pretty quick! So I’m creating the blog, but I’m opening it up to others to share their own stories and experiences.
I’m looking for interesting stories and helpful information about:
* floating the Buffalo
* horseback riding & trails
* places to camp or stay
* wildlife along the Buffalo
* hiking & hiking trails
* interesting sights along the river
and anything else that you think a new-comer or seasoned “river rat” might find helpful or interesting. I’ll be happy to add pictures as well if you give me permission to publish them.
What do you get in return? The opportunity for you to be a guest blogger and tell the world about your experience! Your name published on the site, (only if you want it published). The ability to link back to your own website if you have one. The chance to do a little self promotion if you’re a local resident or have a business related to the river or lodging along the river.
Rules of the game….I’ll personally be responsible for reviewing all stories, pictures etc., and have the right to reject any story for any reason. If I feel there is something objectionable, I’ll provide you the opportunity to change or revise the submission. This will be a family oriented site, so please keep this in mind before submitting articles. My decisions will be the final decisions. Please don’t be upset if I tell you that I just can’t publish your article. This won’t turn into a “bashing” site. If you had a bad experience with a business or vendor along the river, and intend to get back at them through this site…it’s not going to happen. Now if I get enough people telling me they had a bad experience with a particular business, then I may publish a review of the business or contact the business myself to provide my findings. By the same token, I can’t publish every “good” experience that someone has, although I intend to come up with a way to recognize those businesses that go “above and beyond” to provide great service or products and a memorable experience.
Two things I want to accomplish with this site:
First…I want the site to be helpful. I want this site to be an information resource for the newcomer as well as the locals.
Second…I want it to be fun for everyone visiting! Tell us about something funny, frightening, tragic. I prefer information to be true and accurate, but don’t be afraid to embellish a little if you think it helps the story ;). I’m not opposed to a fictional story as long as you let me know it’s fiction so that I can note that with the readers.
So how do you send me something? There are a couple of ways to submit your articles & information. You may use our contact form, or you can email your submission to chris@thebuffaloriver.com. If you’re submitting a picture, it’s probably best to email me since trying to add a picture to the contact form would be a little difficult ;).
Thanks for visiting! Please bookmark this site and tell a friend. Lets make this a popular destination for those who want to enjoy the beauty and learn more about this scenic river in Arkansas.
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i like to recall my memories of enjoying my time at the old river in my grandpa’s place. i could just feel the excitement back while reading your story.
Anybody ever have any problems with locals? I was up there last weekend camping on the bank between Pruitt and Carver. At around 11:00pm , I heard some footsteps of some people tromping through our campsite. I flashed my light towards the river and a man in overalls, rubber boots and a little fishing cap and not so many teeth came up to me. As he walking up, all I could think about where those damn banjos and was a little nervous. When he finally reached me he asked “wheeeerrreee youuuuu fruuuuuum”? I tried to be polite and answer all his questions, he was very short with me and seemed to be talking down to me, like I am just in his way. It was a little scary. Nothing really bad happened that night, he didnt take anything and all he was doing was some night fishing, but he was incredibly rude and tromping throught our campground like it was’nt even there. Is this common on the Buffalo or was I just unlucky? The experiance made me feel pretty uncomfortable.
But this experiance has not taken away my love for the river, I was just wondering if some places where better than others in terms of camping so to avoid this from happening again?
Hello Will - I can’t say that we’ve experienced much of a problem while camping on the river, although we did get a visit from a couple of locals one afternoon, that I believe had had just a bit too much of the “sauce” that day. They meant no harm, but we finally had to ask them to leave, which they eventually did.
By the same token, we’ve had locals come by that were as nice as they could be and would do anything for you.
I think that in a rural setting like that, you’re just going to have some folks that believe that you’re on “their” river. They may not cause you any real trouble, but they may not be the most friendly either. Sounds like you handled the situation well. I’d have been a little worried myself if someone came crunching through the gravel late at night!
Kinda reminds me of another story I’ll have to post about when a “hog” decided to come into our camp one night! Funny but a little scary at the time!
Good luck with things Will and please tell a friend about our site. Thanks!
Chris
hi, you’ve got great posts in your site. gotta give you credit for that. found me some articles too in your site i think are worth bookmarking, thanks. keep it up.
jay
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I love camping but I have never been to Arkansas. It is fun to learn about the places other people love and call home. Best of luck to you and the blog!
-Daryl
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