Lake Dardanelle State Park

A picture of Copper and Chase in their "puppy jail" - we are trying to keep them here while we are driving, only seems to work half the time :)

We made it through the monsoon (with a brief stop at a Truck Stop to let it pass) and a "short" 225 mile drive we made it to Lake Dardanelle State Park in Russellville Arkansas. (About 60 miles NW from Little Rock) Most of the state seemed to be flooded however when we arrive we were greeted with pure beauty and a Bass Fishing Lake - what could be better?

In our minds this is our first "true" camping experience with the RV as Graceland was not very rustic. (As I am sure you can imagine). We set up camp and took the puppies for a long walk around the campground to check the place out. Then we enjoyed a quick peak at the sun for sunset, Troy threw a few lines (with no luck) and then the storm rolled in. We discovered that we have a leak coming from the skylight in the kitchen, fun! At least it is a small leak and Troy will be able to use roofing caulk to patch us right up!

The next morning we went off to explore a few of the other State Parks in the near by area. It was cold and rainy so a drive was a perfect way to spend the day. We went to Petit Jean State Park - beautiful, too bad the trails were way to muddy to explore the area. However we did take a short walk to Cedar Falls, wow! All the rain had the waterfall working overtime, what a sight!

After the falls we drove to Mount Magazine State Park located within the Ozark Mountains. To get from one park to the other we passed a zillion chicken farms (Have you ever smelled a chicken farm, yuck!) and a few million cows and we then were in the mountains. Amazing drive until we got to the top (the tallest point in Arkansas), fog, lots of fog however we grab a quick bite at the Mount Lodge (Gorgeous) and before we left the fog had burned off and we had a easy drive back to camp.

Next Blog: April 6 recapping our visit with Uncle Ted and Aunt Sandy in OKC on our way to Carlsbad Caverns