The Barefoot Traveler was started in 1997 as a way for me to share my love of the Ozark Mountains with the internet community. It was originally part of the companion site www.ozarkconnections.com ( begun in 1995) which was the first website on the internet to present specific information about the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas and the Buffalo National River Park. Ozarkconnections.com was the static information and The Barefoot Traveler was the content that changed every few weeks with a new hike or review.
In 2010 I had a significant knee injury that has pretty much ended my hiking and bushwhacking adventures.My friends asked me to start it up again, doing reviews and simple hikes so in 2015 I started a major upgrade to this site. I took the current information on the old barefoottraveler.com site and posting it here with a nice cosmetic upgrade. In 2016 I began to slow down due to a bad left knee but in 2017 I had a total knee replacement which has worked well since then. In 2018 both my long term hiking friends David Farmer and Alf Carter passed away. One of the activities that made doing this site fun was getting out and spending time with my friends. I still continue to get out with my long time friend and hiking buddy Bill Amburn and sometimes by myself but not as often as in "The Old Days." In April 2022 I contracted a case of Bell's Palsy and the right side of my face became somewhat nonoperational. My right eye was particularly affected and made it very difficult to use the computer for any length of time. It has finally mostly cleared up and I hope to update the site at least once each month. I have one partially completed review that I started the week of my palsy and I will try and finish that one up in the next few weeks. My friends have asked that that I at least change the picture on the front page more often, since it says "Picture Of The Week". I told them I would try but won't send out update notices for that.
In 2010 I had a significant knee injury that has pretty much ended my hiking and bushwhacking adventures.My friends asked me to start it up again, doing reviews and simple hikes so in 2015 I started a major upgrade to this site. I took the current information on the old barefoottraveler.com site and posting it here with a nice cosmetic upgrade. In 2016 I began to slow down due to a bad left knee but in 2017 I had a total knee replacement which has worked well since then. In 2018 both my long term hiking friends David Farmer and Alf Carter passed away. One of the activities that made doing this site fun was getting out and spending time with my friends. I still continue to get out with my long time friend and hiking buddy Bill Amburn and sometimes by myself but not as often as in "The Old Days." In April 2022 I contracted a case of Bell's Palsy and the right side of my face became somewhat nonoperational. My right eye was particularly affected and made it very difficult to use the computer for any length of time. It has finally mostly cleared up and I hope to update the site at least once each month. I have one partially completed review that I started the week of my palsy and I will try and finish that one up in the next few weeks. My friends have asked that that I at least change the picture on the front page more often, since it says "Picture Of The Week". I told them I would try but won't send out update notices for that.
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