HOLLA BEND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
Day 47 – 31 degrees this morning, and the mist was rising off the Arkansas River; it was really pretty. We slept well last night. The campground was very quiet. The girls are happy we aren’t traveling again today. Rob and I are going to Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge to do our slow-drive thing.
Continue readingTRAVEL DAY: SALESVILLE, ARKANSAS TO RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Day 46 – It was 29 degrees this morning at 7 a.m., sunny and frost on the grass. A foggy mist was rising off the river. We have a long drive today so we didn’t lounge around, just packed up and left by 9:05 a.m.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
TRAVEL DAY: POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS TO SALESVILLE, ARKANSAS.
Day 45 – It rained most of the night and was still raining when we got up – 54 degrees. Today we’re driving west to Lake Norfork, which is a large lake with a large dam and an Army Corps of Engineer’s (ACE) campground. We’ve found that ACE-designed campgrounds are often not busy, not very expensive, clean, and well-maintained. There aren’t many in the northeast, but we are now entering areas which have them. Salesville is the city closest to the campground at the southern end of the lake.
TRAVEL DAY: WILLIAMSVILLE, MISSOURI TO POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS.
Day 44 – It was 39 degrees this morning when we got up, windy, and partly cloudy. We always hate to say goodbye to Wappapello and Mingo. We hope to come back again.
MINGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DAY 3.
Day 43 – There was frost on the old Honda pumpkin this morning. 27 degrees and sunny. We bundled up and left for Mingo at 10:30 a.m. One last day of pictures at Mingo. We leave tomorrow for Arkansas.
Continue readingMINGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DAY 2.
Day 42 – We left for Mingo this morning for day 2 of our visit. We’re still only one of two campers at the campground. So quiet, so nice. On the way to the Refuge, we stopped to take a picture of the bales of cotton by the side of the road waiting to be picked up for processing. The sun was out and it looked like it would be a nice day.
MINGO NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, DAY 1.
Day 41 – It rained last night and is supposed to rain a little this morning. After our showers and coffee/tea, we headed to the NWR. It may be cloudy and rainy, but we can still drive through and see what critters are there this time of year.
Continue readingTRAVEL DAY: GOREVILLE, ILLINOIS TO WILLIAMSVILLE, MISSOURI.
Day 40 – Today we’re driving to Lake Wappapello State Park in Missouri. This will be our fourth visit to this Park and the wonderful Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. The other three times we were here, it was in March or April; we’ve never been here in the fall.
PLANS CHANGE.
Day 39 – 28 degrees this morning and the hardy hunters had already left – the Park is full of trailers; the trucks are gone. We hung around, catching up on a few things, until it warmed up some, then headed off to Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge.
Continue readingTRAVEL DAY: NEW HARMONY, INDIANA TO GOREVILLE, ILLINOIS.
Day 38 – We were up early this morning; the time zone change on top of the recent daylight saving’s time change is messing us up. It rained all night and was 40 degrees at 6:30 this morning. We relaxed a little, then packed up to leave. This campground was so quiet, we kinda hated to leave. Everyone was comfortable except for Java because Gracie sleeps on top of her and she can’t move!
