Meet Kris McMillen

I wanted to introduce myself.  I have agreed to be Chairman of the Buffalo River Chapter—taking over from Laura Timby, who I understand has had this position for some 20 years—doing a fantastic job and for which I’m sure everyone is most grateful.  A big THANK YOU and best wishes to Laura in any new endeavors.

Here’s a photo of me and my husband, Billy (I’m the one on the right!!) since we are sort of a matched set being married for over 50 years.  We are hikers and bicyclists.  We are originally from Texarkana. We have moved around in our lives with work and had a home in Hot Springs Village for 14 years after retiring.  We lived on the road in our fifth wheel camper for 8 years before moving to Gassville, AR just outside Mountain Home.

We had always wanted to live in the Ozarks and now we are here and love it!  We still travel in the summer and fall months-hiking, and bicycling Rails to Trails all over the country.

We belonged to the Ozark Society many years ago and used to go on the Colorado trips.  We recently rejoined and have been hiking with the chapters in addition to our own weekly weekday hikes, which I will announce to everyone soon.  We have great admiration for what the Ozark Society stands for, has accomplished and will accomplish.

I’m looking forward to meeting everyone and hoping some members will step forward and offer to give me some assistance with the day-to-day organization tasks (such as Treasurer) and especially I hope for some hike, float trip, trail maintenance and maybe bicycle ride leaders.  I would be available to help with organizing those activities.

See you soon, Kris