oil, brine, muddy creeks

[gurdonark]

I took a few pictures during our trip to Arkansas. The first picture is of an old oil derrick on display at the Arkansas Natural Resources Center near Smackover, Arkansas:



The next picture shows the tiny bridge on the tiny portion of Smackover Creek in which two kids and I sought to catch our weight in bream, and in fact caught a thimbleful or two of bream. I do not think any of the sportsfishing shows have found this exclusive location yet:



We passed through Hope on our way back to Texas. Long before Hope was known as the "Birthplace of President Bill Clinton", I knew it as the "Watermelon Capital of the World". Without pausing for parallels, I'll present this watermelon stand on Bill Clinton Way:



After we got back to Garland, I stopped by the local stretch of creek, and took this picture near my office:

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Next time I go to Arkansas, I'll have to do a photo tour of Gurdon, Arkansas. Then people will understand my "handle".

Comments

[bluegreen17]

that oil derrick looked like a radio tower to me. we don't have much oil here. ha.

muddy creeks indeed! i don't think we have such muddy water here either...

[mesawyou.livejournal.com]

and gas is $1.44 a gallon. Who knew?

[poetbear.livejournal.com]

nice tour, Robert.
thanks.
~paul

[ranunculus.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tour.

Sad to see those nice creeks cloudy with silt.

[voodoukween.livejournal.com]

i love the pics

and Arkansas sure has those funky names down pat, or is it the south...Smackover? smack over what? the Pig Trail? did you grow up in an all white town as so often was the case and in some places still is?

[gregwest98.livejournal.com]

I'm from that neck of the woods too - most creeks are muddy like that. You don't find clear running streams until you get up into mountains. Down in the river bottoms, it's almost down to the gulf (in a relative way). Muddy is all we knew down there. Well, Some of the man-made lakes were pretty clear I guess.