Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center and Surrounding Areas

  Having the day off together we wanted to make the most of it by at least not sitting around the house all day and going for some adventuring. We have only be over to the Janet Huckabee Arkansas River Valley Nature Center once before and decide to go nose around.  As with most outing we found some interesting spots between point A and point B.
 There was and good mile long stretch of road with numberous old rock stairs leading up to barren patches of land long ago cleared and grown over.
  Being as interested in Fort Smith history as I am i feel the need to research for some old pictures of the area.

  The sceanic trail around Wells Lake and the Beaver Creek  are nice. The trails that extended out further were beautiful and even the few muddy parts of the trail were easily navigated.
  We made a light lunch out of some kipper snacks and pickled eggs with cheese and crackers.  I climbed a tree and we lounged  in a clearing full of daffodils.
 We even startled a deer at one point and it stopped and watched us until i tried to walk slowly to it and it of course bolted. Other than that the only wild life we managed to see this trip was a beaver, bullfrog, and some hawks.
  All in all i have to say that for how close it is to our home that The Nature center makes for a pretty nice outing.