Outskirts Outdoors

When I think of Christmas I often think of that bike under our tree when I was just a boy. It was a happier time for many of their childhood. You can bring that back again with a bike from Outskirts.
SE Racing and Freestyle BMX Bikes or a Fuji Mountain or Road Bike. Let Outskirts be a part of your Christmas. Use our layaway plan or check the shop on Christmas Eve 8am - 4pm. Remember that Santa stops here first.

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Anyone who’s watched television in the last 20 years is probably familiar with the television show Three’s company. This sitcom originated in the last 1970s and featured three fun-loving roommates and a kooky landlord. The opening scene of the show included a part where the roommates were riding a tandem bike. This scene encouraged many Americans try tandem bikes. 

Tandem bikes are quite popular among young kids and couples because of the unique ability to carry more than one rider and with bicycle bag you can carry several items. These bikes can often be rented in beach areas around the country.  Tandem bikes are also a great option for parents who want to teach their child how to ride a bike.

It was a good saturday sunny and cool, since we are opening a Geocaching Center at Outskirts we just had to give it a try. Herman did a lookup at geocaching.com for a good location. He found there was a hidden cache in Mills Park. The kids were excited about using the GPS and actually trying to find something. We started out on our hunt.  The eTrex Vista was easy to use and following the compass heading was not a chore.  We looked for about an hour and got as close as 7 feet from the entered coordinates. But still no cache.  Kelsey and Kyle were looking under leaves, sticks and rocks. Kelsey asked what does a pine tree look like? From the clue and Kyle pointed to a pine tree one of many in the trails of Mills. Nothing looked like a cache. Kelsey found a little thicket and had Kyle look there. Lo and behold he found a small plastic container wrapped in camo tape. He opened it to find the log book and tokens of cache. A small plastic bowling pin, little purse, a couple of plastic coins and plastic dog.  Kyle logged the book with Outskirts 12/6/08 and closed up the container. Set the pine needles back so it looked like we werent even there. They had a blast looking and finding. Kelsey only decided that the next time she would wear better shoes.

Trip to Pinnacle Mountain State Park 12/7/2008

It was a nice Sunday afternoon as my wife and I pulled in to park at the west summit trailhead. On our way to the summit, we noticed the base trail had a new marker so for lack of a better plan we took the base trail and watched our status on our GPS . We use a Garmin Vista to navigate. The old base trail was prone to being muddy but the new one is high and dry. It was a nice walk to the east summit trail and we pretty much had it to ourselves. Pinnacle is the east terminus of the Ouachita trail which runs from the visitor’s center to Talimena Ok. We took the trail to the visitor center where we picked up some much needed snacks and got the scoop on the new mountain bike trails coming to the park soon. After a short break on the observation deck we headed back to the van. The original idea for the day included a bike ride but we had such a good time hiking that it never happened. To get to Pinnacle Mountain State Park, take highway 10 out of Little Rock, turn onto highway 300 and watch for the signs.