A Day in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area with my Fellow Rotarians
My Rotary friends and I pose for a photo at the start of the day’s activities.
My fellow Ada Sunrise Rotary Club members and I met Sunday, March 8 at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area’s Travertine Nature Center to enjoy hiking and exploring the area. The weather was a perfect, pure-blue sky with temperatures in the low 60s. We hiked about 2.7 miles total.
We met at the Nature Center at 2 p.m. Everyone was exactly on time.
The Travertine Nature Center was our starting point.Springtime was just beginning to show itself.The trails crosses several small streams.Our group stops for a quick photo opportunity.
We eventually hiked the Antelope/Buffalo Spring Trail, the Prairie Loop Trail, the Tall Oaks Trail, and the Buffalo Springs Trail.
The Prairie Loop Trail took on a slightly tunnel-like appearance.Everyone had a great time.We saw this young lady being photographed in the warm spring sunshine.Rotarians help form a human chain to assist at a wet crossing.One of the group thought about swinging in this vine.At the end of a short spur trail is Antelope Springs.“Hey, Rotarians! Wave for the camera!”We gathered at Buffalo Spring, known to frequent park visitors as “the round thing.”Your host smiles at Buffalo Springs.There was a nice symmetry to this tree and its reflection.This is Little Niagara Falls.This view is downstream from Little Niagara.We made s’mores, but I thought they looked too messy and sugary, so I didn’t have one.
I think we all had a great time, so hopefully we will be planning more Ada Sunrise Rotary outdoor activities soon.
It was great to be outside doing something physical with my fellow Rotarians.
