• Greers Ferry Dam on the Little Red River, Arkansas, and a change of plan

    Greers Ferry Dam on the Little Red River, Arkansas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Day Eleven

    Taken from the John F. Kennedy Memorial overlook — President John F. Kennedy dedicated the dam on October 3, 1963, in one of his last major public appearances before his assassination.

    We decided to make this a Double Dam Day for our trip. We could have made it a Triple Dam Day, but wisely limited the excitement to just two Dams. Also, rather than going straight home, we decided to stop for the night at Ginger’s parents.

  • Sunset, Pine Bluff, Arkansas

    Sunset, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Day Ten

    Ginger insisted that we stop to watch the sunset. I’m glad we did. It was a good one! Note: the cloud lines were straight, but this extreme wide-angle (180+°) view makes them curved.

    Our target for the day was Little Rock, Arkansas. Day Eleven, we’d be home.

    Day Nine

    After the attack of the ferocious mosquitoes, we decided not to spend a second night on the beach, but to head back towards Missouri, taking our time. We ended up spending the night in Natchez, Mississippi. And a fine place we thought it was. A place to return to.

  • Sunset at Sea Rim State Park, Texas

    Sunset at Sea Rim State Park, Texas — When it got dark, we found out why we had the beach to ourselves — hordes of ferocious mosquitoes. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Sunset at Sea Rim State Park, Texas

    Sunset at Sea Rim State Park, Texas — When it got dark, we found out why we had the beach to ourselves — hordes of ferocious mosquitoes. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Sun, sand, and sea

    Sun, sand, and sea — Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas

    Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas — We had the whole beach to ourselves and 80°F in November. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
    Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Ginger soaking up the sun on the Gulf of Mexico

    Ginger soaking up the sun on the Gulf of Mexico — Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.
    We had the beach pretty much to ourselves — Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Sea Rim State Park, Texas

    Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas

    Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Day Eight

    We had the whole beach to ourselves and 80°F in November, I’ll take that.

    We saw some alligator tracks in the sand, and when it got dark, we found out why we had the beach to ourselves — hordes of ferocious mosquitoes.

    Beach Camping at Sea Rim State Park, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • It looks like a jungle in there

    It looks like a jungle in there — Trail near Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Cattail Marsh

    Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Yes, they are alive…

    Yes, they are alive… Didn’t see any though. Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Pagoda and boardwalk

    Pagoda and boardwalk. Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas

    Cattail Marsh, Tyrrell Park, Beaumont, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Day Five.

    Morning walk to get away from work and out of the hotel for a break. Studying the maps I discovered that Cattail Marsh is actually a posh name for a sewage treatment pond.

    We are staying in Beaumont, Texas for four days (Days Four through Seven of our trip), checking out how well we can work from a hotel. Fine as it happens. This has to be one of the joys of a web-based business.

  • Fish

    Fish – Toledo Bend Reservoir, Tourist Information Center, Louisiana. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana

    From the Louisiana Tourist Center, complete with the sounds of an accompanying distant chainsaw.

  • Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana

    Toledo Bend Reservoir, Louisiana. Day Three. Natchitoches, Louisiana to Beaumont, Texas. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • US 71 in Louisiana

    US 71 in Louisiana. Day Two. Hot Springs, Arkansas to Natchitoches, Louisiana. Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    Day Two.

    The Significance is that this road runs close to the Diocesan Center in Kansas City, so I asked Ginger to take a picture so I could send it to my old work colleagues.

    We needed a good Cell phone service for Ginger to host a meeting lunch time. We decided to pop over the state line into Texarkana, Texas for the event. We then headed down into Louisiana.

    Drop-in — Ginger hosts two ‘Drop-ins’ a week, and being on the road we needed to stop somewhere with a good cell signal. We stopped in a McDonald’s for lunch, and sat in the car for the drop-in. Texarkana, Texas. Copyright © 2024 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

  • Scenic Overlook on Highway 43 near Ponca, Arkansas

    Scenic Overlook on Highway 43 near Ponca, Arkansas Copyright © 2023 Gary Allman, all rights reserved.

    All too often, the forest had been obscuring our view, so we stopped for this brief glimpse of the countryside. Hidden from view, but this point overlooks ‘Ponca International’ a grandiose name for a grass strip runway, which I discovered on the satellite view researching where this picture was taken.

    We are going to take a few days for our trip to Beaumont. On the way we’ll be looking for places to stop in future, and places we’d like to spend more time visiting. Our plan for tonight is to stay in Hot Springs, Arkansas. We could camp at one of the sites around Lake Ouachita, but the temps are going to drop too low for Ginger’s comfort.

  • Near Gaither Mountain Overlook, Arkansas

    Near Gaither Mountain Overlook, Arkansas — The first major scenic overlook of our trip, and well worth the stop.

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