geocaches

A couple of good geocaches with long hikes in.

This one was a really good one, about two miles in, only 8 people have done it in a few years, but the ones who did give great reviews on it. Two waterfalls with pools. We may go back this summer. Big ammo box which Luke loves.

Dad went with us on this one, outside of Mena going up toward Queen Wilhelmina SP. Another ammo can at an old CCC dam that you walk across.

View of the old lake that use to supply Mena with water.

misc

trampoline amy's friend gave us. I thought it would be a nightmare to put together but it only took about twenty minutes.

Amy's (really Ross and Luke's) new Ipad she got from her school. Pretty cool device.

Avery in her raincoat. Record flooding in East Arkansas and all the way down the Mississippi this year. Our duck camp got water under it but think we are still dry for now.

Brought Rocky in one afternoon. He never gets to come in, but he just laid there calmly the whole time. Avery was a different story. She is scared to death of him, so she went outside. In other news, she got kicked out of day care as a two year old. seriously. ha

fishing

I haven't done as much fishing this spring as I normally do.

Gary was camping on the Cossatot, so Luke and I took the canoe and met him for a float trip. We put in at the visitor center and floated down to white mines a couple of miles down. Seeing as how Gary wore jeans, i was the designated pusher when we'd get hung up on rocks. The river was still up some, so we went through some pretty good rapids. I had to get out a couple of times and went swimming by accident. The water is still cold.

Luke didn't mind the cold water, he did some swimming.

Gillham Lake

Farm pond. Avery liked the fish and wanted to touch them. Surprising for her.

Mark and Paula's. Luke caught a bunch of big bream by himself, had a great time.

Tall Peak and Bard Springs

Tall Peak and Bard Springs are only a few miles from Amy's Grandmother's house (also near Albert Pike). We took cousins Brycen and Brenna to see these places on mother's day.

Bard Springs is a neat little place in the mountains. It has old documentation posted from the 30s where water samples were sent off to a scientist to determine how pure the water was. The study said that although not as clean as Mena's water supply, the water straight out of the the spring was cleaner and safer than the majority of city water in the state of Arkansas.

This was a little hidden waterfall running due to the recent rains. It goes up as far as you can see in the top of the photo.

Luke and cousins playing with a dead frog.

This is the old fire tower on top of Tall Peak. It was misty that day so we couldn't see much, but you usually have a great view.

Stopped at Shady Lake on the way out, this is over the dam.