My good friend and hiking partner Nathan took the photo on one of our family hikes early this year. Usually after we have hiked an area and understand the risks and terrain, we do a follow up hike with our family.

https://sites.google.com/site/therookiebackpacker/hike-reviews/arkansas/centerpoint-trail

My daughter loves knowing I am there (“to fall on” or “get eaten first”)..lol…I like my hammock anchors to be 12 to15 ft apart, so I usually hang my daughters hammock webbing at about 8.5ft or as high as I can reach. She lays about 5ft off the ground. My Hammock, under her, with me in it usually ends up about 3 to 6 inches off the ground. The tarp slung over her ridgeline traps some of our heat. We have used this configuration on all of our hammock camps and she has only started to get a chill when the temp reaches close to 25 F.

The dog (~12 lbs) does great and usually sleeps with my wife. The dog “Peaches” is only two years old and gets plenty of exercise at home. Needless to say Peaches always sleeps well after an adventure in the car on the way home.

We hiked the Centerpoint trail to Big Bluff and camped at the Big Bluff Spur. Sometimes I continue down the hill about another steep mile to Jim Bluff, drop our packs, and pick up the Buffalo River Trail (BRT) to Hemmed in Hollow to see the tallest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachians. When the water is low, the fall looks like someone is squirting a water hose off the top.

The River behind us is Richland Creek, We follow Richland Creek to the Twin Devil Falls and go up to the Sandstone Castles about three times per year (~10 miles round trip) There are many beautiful rapids and three great waterfalls when the water is flowing. We affectionately call my backpack the commissary because you can find almost anything in it. It weighs about 85lbs when geared up for three people to do cold weather camping. I frequently hike Richland Creek and the Buffalo River with my friend Nathan (Who took the photo.). He maintains the following web-site showing several of our hikes in Arkansas and Souther Missouri. https://sites.google.com/site/therookiebackpacker/hike-reviews/arkansas