52, breezy and mostly sunny.
John preparing the turkey breast for smoking. He told me to leave him alone, this is serious. John smoking the breast.
Sunset on the nuclear power plant on the lake. Sunset on the lake.
Sunset with coots. Yummy Thanksgiving dinner and my darling husband John.
It is tradition in John's family after the Thanksgiving dinner to put on one of his fathers many hats and go for a walk. We did our own walk. I have on my hat made for me by my friend Cats. John has his normal hat on. It is 42 degrees and breezy now. Today we went to Mt Magazine State Park. Mt Magazine is the highest place in Arkansas at 2,753 feet.
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Driving up the south side of Mt Magazine in the oak hickory forest. Petite Jean overlook. People come here for the sweeping views.
Mt Magazine is a big flat topped butte, this is the map of the top. The view from all the view points on the north side mostly looked the same, steep sandstone cliffs, oak/hickory belt and then vast stretches of pine trees. Beautiful, but I am only showing a few.
The WPA built a large stone amphitheater here. The top half came apart over the years, but what is left is cool. It looks out over the Arkansas river valley.
A view point built by the WPA. View from the viewpoint.
Picnic area built by the WPA. We went for a hike along the rim. The trees on top are stunted scrub oaks, blackjack and post oaks. They only grow to about 12 feet high.
Spring. Most of the top of the mountain is dry, so there was not much development on it. The lobby of the Mt Magazine Lodge. It is a huge, very nice lodge overlooking the valley.
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Nice picnic shelter. Cove Lake, it is a 9.5 mile hike from the top of the mountain, or you can drive to it.
John took me to Paris, Arkansas. Beautiful, historic downtown Paris, Arkansas.
Court house in Paris. Eiffel town in Paris.
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