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Boardstand Trailhead, Ouachita National Forest ~Day 5

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We really like loops but since the Boardstand Trail & Old Military Trail loop is over 23 miles I knew that would not work.

We went ahead and went, thinking we would do an out and back.

When we got there we saw a road that kept going past the trailhead and decided to see where it went.

It ended up following the Old Military road trail with several intersections with the trail!

You can check out what we did on Endomondo.

trailmarks

Check out the trail map, here.

We just started on the trail at one of the intersections with the road, hiked on the trail for a while, and came back on the road.

Making our own loop.

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The road was almost like a wide trail anyway.

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beauty berries

Beauty Berries everywhere!

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Starting back on the road.

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We ended up with just over 5.5 miles and our very own loop!

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Here is the start at the actual trailhead.

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Smore’s!

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reeses

Smore’s are better with Reece’s Cups…

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Last night camping!

We started the trip back the next day!

 

S’mores in a Solar Oven

SolarOvenSmoresAfter testing out our Solar Oven by melting cheese, I thought my boys might appreciate cooking something they actually got to eat.

readyWe got the idea from the same site we got the directions on how to build the solar oven from.

homemadeIt seemed like the chocolate melted right away but that the marshmallows took a while to get soft.

kitsolarBy the time the marshmallow was soft the chocolate had made a mess.

messyIt was really good but our oven’s got messy also.

I would suggest just putting the marshmallow in on a cracker.

Have you ever made a solar oven?

What did you cook in it?

I think I want to made chocolate bars next!