Robby and I left the house before any of the kids woke up (well, since Reagan and Anderson had classes today at OBU, they were probably awake before we left). But the kids here were all sleeping soundly for a few more hours after we left.
Our first stop this morning was the Plantation Agriculture Museum State Park. There weren't many visitors at any of our park stops today, but this place did have a car with Alaska license plates. We walked around the little park, and then were on our way.
We didn't have to drive too far because also in Scott was the Plum Bayou Mounds Archaeological State Park. Robby and I remember going to this when we were in school-it was called Toltec Mounds then, but really nothing has changed. We walked a short trail in the middle of the mounds, and yep, it was just mounds in the middle of a field.
We had a bit of drive to our next stop which was the Louisiana Purchase State Park. This was my favorite stop (after I saw that the other car that was there contained a couple and not someone scary.) We walked along a boardwalk through a pretty swampy area until we made it to the monument recognizing where Lewis and Clark began their survey for the Louisiana Purchase.
Fun fact: Baseline Road in Little Rock originated from the surveying that happened during the Louisiana Purchase. If I had been Lewis or Clark or one of the surveyors, I would have been quick to say that the land is swampy and not anything that we want. I can't imagine trekking through the area that we were walking through-we were on a boardwalk, but they were not.
The final stop in our 4 State Parks in a Day tour was Delta Heritage Trail State Park. There was not much to see at this park, but it was interesting that it was a former train track that has now been converted to a 70+ mile biking/walking trail. If this trail had been in Northwest Arkansas it would have been packed, but being in eastern delta there was not much happening today on the trail.
Then we headed to meet Les and Grannymom. They came back from the beach today, so we drove Grannymom the last stretch home. We were able to hear about her trip on the way home, and we even stopped to pick up a pizza.
It didn't take long to get back to Little Rock. We dropped off Grannymom and then ran to the grocery store to pick up some fries and buns so we could make hamburgers for supper. Everyone seemed to like the burgers, and Graham definitely liked the ice cream that we brought home too.
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