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Foster Children Toy Drop Off

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Your Fairfield Bay Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary will host a Christmas Toy Drop off at Woodland Mead Park located on Dave Creek Parkway in Fairfield Bay on Monday, November 28th from 11:00 to 2:00. The Toy Drop off will benefit our local Van Buren and Searcy Counties Foster Children. … [Read more...]

FFB Outdoor Adventure Group

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Hello Adventurers, Since the leaves are off, now seems like a good time to visit Bluffton Preserve north of Clinton. The view thru the woods should be nice and allow views of the Archey Fork from above at key locations on the Bluffton East Loop (2.5 miles). We haven't done this trail together in … [Read more...]

FFB outdoor Adventure Group Hike

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Destination:  Centerpoint to Goat Trail (Big Bluff)   5.9 Mile out and back hike with 1076 ft elevation change When:  Wed.,11-2-22,  8:00AM Departure With Autumn colors in their peak, I have selected a destination we haven't visited in a couple years which has a … [Read more...]

FFB Outdoor Adventure Group Hike Tuesday, 10/18

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Based on recent feedback and some scheduling issues of my own, I am planning a hiking trip on Tuesday Oct 18th to the historic town of Rush and hike the Rush Mining Loop Trail.  This is a 3.3-mile hike with 833' elevation change as shown on the AllTrails app but as with many trails, we often … [Read more...]

Yacht Club Events

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The Fairfield Bay Yacht Club (FBYC) had a great turnout for the Greer’s Ferry Lake Cleanup.  I’d like to thank the Fairfield Bay Marina for providing a pontoon for the clean-up.  I’d also like to thank David Byard for providing cold drinks to all the workers.  Plenty of brunch items … [Read more...]

Sugarloaf Sunrise Hike Update

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As many of you know, the FFB Marina is organizing a hike to Sugarloaf Island on Saturday, April 2nd.  They will provide up to 4 pontoons and carry up to 40 participants (free of charge) to the shore of Sugarloaf and the hikers will make their way to the top of Sugarloaf before daylight so that they … [Read more...]

FFB Outdoor Adventure Group Hike

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I am scheduling a hike to Pedestal Rocks on Saturday, 3/19, with an 8:30 AM departure time.  I have two guests (former coworkers) from China and I have selected this destination to show them because it's one of my favorite and I think they and anyone who hasn't visited there and appreciates the … [Read more...]

Sugarloaf Daybreak Hike

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John Conry at FFB Marina has scheduled a "before sunrise" hike to Sugarloaf Mountain on Saturday, April 2.  The plan would be for the Marina to shuttle any interested hikers to the island about an hour before daybreak so they could hike to the top and watch the sunrise.  Everyone would … [Read more...]

UPDATE ON FFB ADVENTURE GROUP HIKE 1/4/22

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For the hike Tuesday, I've selected Sam's Throne as the destination.  Sam's Throne is shown as a 2.6 mile hike with a 400' elevation gain.  I suspect with our normal exploring habits we might make it a 3.5 mile hike.  Attached is an Alltrails link with a summary of this hike.  While in the area and … [Read more...]