Despite the fact that its been raining most of the week and will for a week beyond - we decided the 20% chance for 24 hours was worth us chancing camping. Despite a few sprinkles we avoided major rain and enjoyed a few hours outdoors. The campground was very busy - people stay here to come watch Razorbacks games we're told.
Suspension bridge
The dam
Toby watching Ryan climb down the rocks. Toby wore himself out watching (and getting in trouble for barking at) the many squirrels and whining to go meet the Yorkshire Terrier across the road from us. The campground took a long time to quiet down too and he didn't like the fact that he couldn't see what the commotion was outside the tent.
After Ryan climbed back up - we spotted our first live snake down at the base of the dam. Everybody has been telling us Arkansas is full of them but so far I've only seen ones that were run over or dead when people bring them into the ER after being bit... Ryan had been talking about jumping in the water but was glad he hadn't.
Out of 140+ campsites in 5 areas there were very few left and those were open only because of the chance of rain we were told. So we ended up staying in the RV area where the larger more expensive sites were. (We only saw one Casita - MJ & Randy.) The pavement in front of the campsite is a long RV parking spot. We felt pretty small and cheesy until a Hispanic family came next door and took 2 hours to set up their tent in the dark.
Missing the mountains from home.
We have now successfully camped all by ourselves!
Missing the mountains from home.We have now successfully camped all by ourselves!
2 comments:
wowie zowie. Happy for you guys. yuk with the snake!
Love, Dad
It can be fun camping with just the 2 of you and I'm glad you tried it out and succeeded - for all 24 hours was it? The place looks nice, except for the snake! Randy saw a huge one in our back yard below the rock garden when he mowed this afternoon that was on the move so fast he couldn't catch him on the mower.
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