{"id":12397,"date":"2019-09-11T22:14:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T03:14:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12397"},"modified":"2019-09-12T06:14:09","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T11:14:09","slug":"skywatch-friday-little-dixie-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogisden.us\/?p=12397","title":{"rendered":"Skywatch Friday &#8211; Little Dixie Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2hdV4XW\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48716553056_997ba84b4e.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0237\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This past weekend my wife and I ventured down to southeast Oklahoma to celebrate our 30th Wedding Anniversary.  Southeast Oklahoma is quite mountainous and woodsy, think Arkansas. In Oklahoma it is called &#8220;Little Dixie&#8221; because it is so different in a lot  of ways from the rest of Oklahoma which is mainly western in nature. Think Arkansas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2hcG5n1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48702701442_623e5273fd.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0214\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first day we went hiking, just a nice short 3.3 mile route and it kicked our rear ends. Part of the issue was it was almost 100F and had a lot of vertical, about 800 feet overall. But you know, we would walk for a while and rest for a while and pretty soon it was over.  And we were tired at the end of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.garmin.com\/modern\/activity\/embed\/4038121695\" width=\"465\" height=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the first 200 yards, we did not see anybody. I guess most people were smarter than we were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2hcDCPx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48702225293_cf3c239c25.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0202\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2hcFjn1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48702553426_7f8edce909_c.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0205\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We stopped at this tree for a break. I&#8217;ve read a lot about &#8220;Native American Guide Trees&#8221; online where people claim that Native Americans shaped trees like this as guides to routes and water and other things. I am very skeptical as I see very little original information plus it seems like a very labor intensive way to transmit information. But my my mind is still open to the possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2hcFvvZ\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48702590951_d404e1464d.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0191\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So yep, the hike was a little hard for us but we were happy to be doing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2hcFoWg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48702568811_d2024147e6.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0199\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Heather is always ready for anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2hcDEnY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48702230538_a15d7daf2d.jpg\" alt=\"_DSC0200\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I loved the look of the light filtering through the leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2hebVsp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48719646223_9630eb67ae_c.jpg\" alt=\" \" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She had some fun with me. I love geocaching, she not so much but she is good at it. We were looking for one and she found it when I could not and she taunted me a little bit. That&#8217;s all right!! I guess I&#8217;ll keep her. After 30 years we have learned a lot about each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later on in the week, she had to bail me out twice during a rough spot I had  during a kayaking expedition we were on. I kept running into rocks and turning over so she came up and rode my kayak down through the rapids while I walked down on the bank. I wish I had photos but I ruined my camera when it took one too many dunks. She&#8217;s  bailed me out a bunch of times  during our 30 years we&#8217;ve been together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am linking with <a href=\"https:\/\/skyley.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Skywatch Friday (opens in a new tab)\">Skywatch Friday<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend my wife and I ventured down to southeast Oklahoma to celebrate our 30th Wedding Anniversary. Southeast Oklahoma is quite mountainous and woodsy, think Arkansas. In Oklahoma it is called &#8220;Little Dixie&#8221; because it is so different in a lot of ways from the rest of Oklahoma which is mainly western in nature. 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