PETIT JEAN Mt. ARKANSAS IN THE FALL!!

[JR]

Good Evening all Scootdawgs from old it's raining again Arkieland! Man we a re starting to push that record for yearly rainfall! going to have to wade the mud to dig my sweet potatoes! LOL

This weekend turned off pretty though especially Saturday and just couldn't keep from taking a scooter ride up on Petit Jean Mountain and the State Park located up there I knew it would not only be a fun ride but a beautiful one also as the fall colors are really starting to show here in the Natural State!

This is Arkansas' First State park and it's a beauty and only 20 minutes from my house!

www.petitjeanstatepark.com/

It has a lot of history all the way back to the 1700's with it's folklore and story!

So without further a do here's some pictures!



On the way to the mountain and some of the fall colors and Petit Jean from a distance!








All views from the top of the Petit Jean lookout where Petit Jean's grave site is!



The grave of the young lady!







From the top one can see the valley and old man river the mighty Arkansas River!



From there you leave and head into the State Park itself!





The fall colors are breath taking!



Up in the park is one of my favorite fishing holes Lake Bailey!



Lot's of campers still at this time of year even with the night temps this weekend getting to the low 40's!



If camping isn't your thing then they have lot's of cabin rentals also!



An old pioneer cabin to look at how it was long ago!




Next stop Cedar Falls Outlook!





Walk ways to the outlook!







Looking over the outlook and just beautiful!!





The Ozarks in the background!




The man that started it all! Again one of the prettiest places around one you will remember long after ya leave!! JRR

[Ixty]

Gorgeous JR!

[gmoney]

Very nice pictures JR, reminds me of Fall Creek Falls, here in Tennessee. A bone for ya.

Gary

[CCProf]

Great pix as usual JR. Again it reminds me of the Alleghenies. Lucky you to have that 20 minutes away. Think of all our scootin buddies that don't!

[JR]

Yep CC you know I lived here all my life born and raised had a few excursions in other places but always end up back here HOME!!

I also think that when you get older you have a way of looking at things different as in you appreciate all the things around you more just like this time of year with the fall colors out! You've slowed down and for me I just look at all the things that as a young man you pass by and take for granted!

The old clock in life is winding down and on this one there ain't no rewind so ya better take notice while you're here! JRR

[chaz12]

I like the pics JR. As I passed through Arkansas, well snow on the ground and melting. It was about 2 a.m. and we had been driven over 36 hours. We had left Missouri at 10 p.m., drove half way through Kansas, went through the Pan Handle of Oklahoma, came out at the tip of Texas, drove through New Mexico and came out in El Paso Texas. Drove across the state of Texas and went through Arkasas, saw a road sign( home of Bill Clinton), got to Little Rock, drove West from Little Rock and hit Hwy 65 which is the same in Missouri. Runs to Marshall MO. Almost a 2 day drive to pick up my son whom is in the military. It was 2 a.m by the time we got to Arkansas and 6 a.m. by the time we got through the state. We cat napped by some gas station in Arkanas. It was December 2008. Picked my son up for Christmas. My 2 day trip was not to glamorous for site seeing. Truman is from Missouri. Arkansas reminds me alot of Missouri( down in south Missouri( boot hills, Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Lake. It would be nice to visit Arkansas in the daylight hours. Which part of Arkansas are you in?

[JR]

The central part about 40 miles NW of Little Rock and about 15 minutes from the Arkansas River! JRR