| Linda and John Fordyce hiked with Steve and Meribeth Heye back when Maribeth was able to hike, over 10 years ago.
Steve died last fall and asked that his ashes be placed in the Ozark Mountains. Meribeth is not able to do this because of physical limitations. Linda Fordyce agreed to do this, and invited Richard to join her, along with several other people. Anyone is welcome to join and certainly people in the Ozark Society who hiked and paddled with Steve are welcome
We have planned an expedition on April 11 (with backup rain day April 18 since it’s April in Arkansas) to Hare Mountain, which is the High Point of the Ozark Highlands Trail.
We’re planning on driving I 40 to Arkansas 23 (the pig trail) and then going east on 215 to Redding and then going north on Morgan Mountain Road to Morgan Fields, where we can park cars and get on the Ozark Highland Trail . It’s 2 miles from there to a primitive campground on Hare Mountain.
Linda and Richard plan to backpack to the campground Friday, April 10. On Saturday we’ll hike back to the Morgan Fields trailhead to meet up with day hikers at 10am. About noonish we will do a ceremony and leave Steve’s ashes.
People who just want a day hike can park at Morgan Fields and hike to Hare Mountain and back on Saturday. There are reports of landslides on Morgan Mountain Road, but I verified it is open to Morgan Fields.
There are controlled burns but active ones are east of Morgan Fields. The area we are hiking was burned recently. |
