On a Roll Here in Little Rock

This is our third night in Maumelle COE park, right on the Arkansas River and just west of Little Rock, Arkansas. I'm really getting spoiled with these parks. Although the last two days were really hot and humid, we've been running our air. However we did have a slight blip on the happiness meter when the electric died about an hour after we arrived on Monday.

So we decided to go for a ride. And what did I want to see? The Presidential Library? The Capitol? A museum? No!

I wanted to see the. . .


As you can see, the pedestrian/bicycle bridge is seventy feet above the water atop the Murray Lock and Dam. Unfortunately, we didn't see a barge go through the lock, but we have seen them pass by from our rig in the campground.


This is a look down river with the ramp we walked up in 90 degree heat and humidity to get a picture.

The dam and lock here and the one we stayed near in Oklahoma, as well as about 17 others, are part of the Arkansas River Navigation System. Completed by the Corps of Engineers in 1971, the navigation channel extends from Oologah Lake just north east of Tulsa to the Mississippi River - a distance of 445 miles.

Today our friends Sue and Ken met us for lunch. We had a wonderful time catching up and three hours flew by like no time at all. They are volunteering for two months at Hot Springs National Park and came to Little Rock for the day. If you see them there, be sure to say 'Hi.'