November 18-21, 2007

We stayed at Cane Creek State Park in Arkansas for 3 nights. We arrived Sunday afternoon and pretty much had the park to ourselves as there were only 4 other campsites occupied. Our campsite overlooked Cane Creek Lake.

The Delta Trail went through the woods to a view of the lake and back out again. We hiked the trail Monday morning.

Every time there was a slight breeze, leaves fell like enormous snowflakes from the trees.

If it hadn't been for the yellow blaze on trees along the trail, it would have been difficult to follow.

Monday afternoon we drove east to Arkansas Post National Monument. It was settled in the late 1600s and was the first capital of Arkansas. There was a trail around the area, so we hiked again!

This time as we were hiking we thought acorns were falling off trees and bouncing around us. Upon closer inspection, it was tiny frogs getting out of our way. The leaf this frog is sitting on was about the size of Bob's hand.

This trail also had a water view. We spotted this eagle's nest in a dead tree near the other bank.

When we returned to the car, it was overrun with ladybugs. Arkansas must be the ladybug capital of the world. They were everywhere, even on us.

We returned to the campsite for a restful evening of "24."

There were also 3 geocaches in the park. On Tuesday, we found 2 of the caches along the trail. We dropped off the Jeep travel bug in the first one we found.

The lake was full of stumps and dead trees which made it an excellent place to kayak. We kayaked Tuesday afternoon. We saw ducks, herons and egrets. When we went to find the last cache, we saw a white-tailed deer.

The weather was nice, in fact it was warm. We never turned on the AC or heat while we were there.

Wednesday was a travel day--on our way to Siloam Springs.