Lake Fayetteville Trail

Yesterday, I installed Ellen's new 37 inch LCD TV and began assembly of her wooden, double-wide, 2 drawer file cabinet. Today I finished that assembly, a total of 5 hours for the project because of the hundreds of parts. Having thus earned my keep, we headed for Fayetteville Lake and hiked for 2 hours on the 6 mile up-and-down hiking/mountain bike loop trail that encircles the lake.



The views were lovely, and though the trees were brown and bare, the missing foliage allowed constant and expansive views of the lake. We saw only 3 other hikers and about 6 bikers, so we pretty much had the place to ourselves.


It was a sunny 50 degree day, and the effort required kept us warm in only light jackets.


A plaque honors the largest black oak tree in Arkansas, measuring 14 feet in circumference. We were wondering if someone had actually measured all other such trees in the state to come to that conclusion. At any rate, it certainly was a big, thick tree.