Eagle Rock Loop, AR

The Ouachitas are some of those mountains I've visited a handful of times, and always afterwards find myself thiking that I need to explore them more.  Back in 2007 I said I'd be back.  Again in 2010 I said I'd be back.  So off I went for a few days to lose myself for the third time in the vibrant green of spring - complete with lush hillsides, roaring boulder-strawn rivers, sunny mountaintops, and shadowy flower-lined creekbeds - this trail had it all.  The forest was alive, the weather was refreshingly perfect, and I thoroughly enjoyed the smooth riverbottom stones underfoot at the nine wet crossings.  This is the life!




















Bass bonanza!

Caught over 30 of these bad boys yesterday.  Most of 'em were about half this size.

Snakes!

Did some more fishin today and saw the same snake.  Now we're buddies.

Marys Creek Lake Number Five

Did a lot of fishin' this weekend, some catchin'.  My neighbor has allowed me to use his jon boat to head towards the deeper waters.  As I was shovin' it off the shore the other day I came within inches of steppin on a 3+ foot cottonmouth.  I backed off and had to throw sticks at him to move until he finally slithered into the water.  He wasnt a happy camper.