From Arkansas to Alabama--August 29-September 2, 2009

From Branson, MO we drove south into Arkansas. It was a Saturday and we were afraid we would have trouble getting a campsite at a Corps of Engineer park. We drove past Little Rock and stopped just northwest of Pine Bluff at Tar Camp. The camp hosts were excited to see us as they had many sites available. They said business had been off for 2 weeks! We got a great pull through site looking over the Arkansas River.

We hiked the nature trail until we came to a gully we couldn't cross. A flood washed out the bridge over it last year. This bridge was at the beginning of the trail.

We stopped for a rest on our return hike.

Saturday night was a first for Chris and DeAnna--we roasted marshmallows. They were yummy!


These were well cooked, but still yummy!From Tar Camp we headed east into Mississippi, then Alabama. We stopped at a Corps of Engineer park Bob and I stayed in earlier in the year near Pickensville, AL. We took the kids to see the snagboat.

We enjoyed the visitor center, especially the garden out back with the fountain.

We could see the lock and dam, but no boats were going through while we were there.

We didn't see any boats passing our campsite, but on the morning we were leaving, we looked outside and saw that one had parked across the waterway from us during the night! It was loaded with Christopher's favorite natural resource--sand.

We enjoyed our stay at Pickensville, but it was time to move closer to home. We drove to Montgomery, AL and stayed at Maxwell AFB. While there we played on the playground, shopped in the commissary, and found some geocaches. No, we didn't take any pictures there. We did learn that it is best to have reservations at Maxwell as they fill up quickly and were full the two days we were there.