Arkansas

Arkansas – November 2023

Dale and I headed to Arkansas on November 25 for a short trip to celebrate our 30th anniversary. We visited some of the places I had visited as a child, such as Mount Magazine and Petit Jean State Park. Though most of the leaves had fallen there was quite a bit of color on Petit Jean. It was a beautiful trip.

Beautiful scenery!

Breakfast at the Spah Grill in Mountain View, Arkansas.

At the top of Mount Magazine the trees were covered in ice.

We had lunch at the lodge on Magazine Mountain.

Though it was late November, there were still some beautiful leaves.

A view from the top of Petit Jean Mountain.

The waterfall wasn't flowing.

Waiting for sunset on Petit Jean.

Petit Jean State Park is a 3,471-acre park in Conway County, Arkansas.

The canyon and bluffs were created by Cedar Creek.

It was very chilly waiting for the sunset.

A short path in the town of Fairfield Bay, where we were staying, lead to a cave that served as a tribal meeting place as far back as 1000 BC.

This rock structure was part of a state park near the Blanchard Caverns.

We hiked the Sugarloaf Mountain Summit Trail about an hour away from Fairfield Bay.

We stopped by a dulcimer shop where they've been making dulcimers for many years. I got to play one!

A mushroom peeking out of the leaves near Mirror Lake.

Another beautiful sight at Blanchard Creek.

After leaving the Blanchard Springs area, we continued north, looping back south then stopping for a 2-mile hike on the White River Overlook Trail.

Our Wyndham accommodations while in Fairfield Bay.

One golden tree stands in contrast to the icy trees around it on Mount Magazine.

The Blanchard Springs waterfall.

Beautiful Blanchard Stream.