My Birthday Present

[Jazilla]

Time for a Hover Stand

[seuss]

Lol...the actual name of the park is "Hammock's beach"...given the possessive, I'm assuming it's named after some random guy - who just happens to have a really cool name! I'm sure somebody can fill us in on the history, though.

No, no possessive, it's a plural. Locally a "hammock" is a variant on the more common "hummock" - a small wooded section of land rising slightly above a surrounding marsh. A hammock is generally a little drier and with richer soil than the peaty "pocosin" (literally a "swamp on a hill") that also may rise slightly above the marsh.

And by "wooded" it usually means Sand Live Oak (Quercus virginiana germinata) and Southern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana silicicola) which are officially considered "trees" but most people from further inland would consider "big shrubs."

[blackbishop351]

No, no possessive, it's a plural. Locally a "hammock" is a variant on the more common "hummock" - a small wooded section of land rising slightly above a surrounding marsh. A hammock is generally a little drier and with richer soil than the peaty "pocosin" (literally a "swamp on a hill") that also may rise slightly above the marsh.

And by "wooded" it usually means Sand Live Oak (Quercus virginiana germinata) and Southern Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana silicicola) which are officially considered "trees" but most people from further inland would consider "big shrubs."

Wow...see? I knew there was a better answer out there than mine! Thanks, seuss!

[Preacha Man]

I took my wife Amanda hiking for our Anniversary, March 16th, and she quickly informed me that she would never go hiking with me again. She loved the hammock but not the hiking. You can see her only night so far in my posted pictures.

[slowhike]

i've been meaning to ask about your plans for the island. has it already happened or still in the works?

[Just Jeff]

Nope - I had this short-notice school in DC so the trip didn't work out. But she's coming to Hot Springs in June, and we'll take another trip somewhere after that...and I'll make her pay up for one missed camping trip!

[slowhike]

Nope - I had this short-notice school in DC so the trip didn't work out. But she's coming to Hot Springs in June, and we'll take another trip somewhere after that...and I'll make her pay up for one missed camping trip!

or you could just store up some points for another hammock trip