This summer, for the Fourth of July holiday, I went to Mena, Arkansas. Specifically, the Wolf Pen Gap ATV trails that run through all the beautiful trees, rivers, and mountains that are in Mena.
It’s nothing but amazing. I think I’m going back for Thanksgiving. My whole family will be there. Even my sister that lives in Alaska.
There’s no cellular service in that area except for a very weak signal that reaches the tops of the mountains. But service isn’t necessary. You spend hours upon hours riding through the place, running into deer and over quiet little rivers. It’s just a whole different world out there.
It was so green. And for Thanksgiving, I’ll be able to return to all those trees, rivers, and mountains in all their Autumnal beauty. I’ll be sure to take photos then.
Regarding the photos in the slideshow; I’ve been in planes before, but I had never been so personally close to clouds before. All that land, in view, felt so small. I felt like I could step off the mountain as a giant and touch the clouds with my fingers. It’s a crazy feeling, like magic. It’s such a nice thing, to see all that beautiful land and nature without hundreds of buildings and streets and power lines and signs all over the place. I kinda wonder what the world would look like without humans. That view ought to have been close.
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