JUNE 24 ARKANSAS DAY TRIP

JUNE 24.  ARKANSAS DAY TRIP

We slept late and on Wednesday spent most of the day exploring "on horseback"-- or rather in the truck.  We love to find little dirt roads and follow them to see what we find, and that's what we did.

DAY TRIP IN ARKANSAS

We left Cotter heading west through Flippin (whose only industry is building fishing boats), and on to Yellville (the nearest gas station.) Along the way we found a little dirt road heading to Mt. Hershey...which turns out to be an access point to the Buffalo River for canoes putting in or getting out of the river. In spite of Chick's accusations that I was trying to get us totally lost, it was no problem at all!

BUFFALO RIVER

CLEAR WATER !

Returning to the main road we passed Gilbert, where we had departed in previous years for our canoe/camping adventures on the Buffalo River.  We stopped where the road crossed the Buffalo to take a look at a spot on the river we had visited several times before.  It looked quite a bit different....more rocky shore and a smaller river flow, but still impressive.

RIVER IN THE DISTANCE AT BASE OF TREES BEYOND STONES

CARS AND TRUCKS DRIVING ON ROCK SHORELINE

HIGHWAY BRIDGE IN MIDDLE.  RIVER OVER BANKS ON LEFT

We looped back east then north through Calico Rock, Mountain Home, and back to Snoopy. On the way we discovered that there is a large cave system operated by the USDA Forest Service in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest near Mountain View -- Blanchard Springs Caverns-- and we decide to visit it on Thursday.