Author Archives: Roger

On a lazy Saturday morning, my wife and I drove to the two state parks near Scott so I could get my passport stamped. (I’ve been to both parks before, but my wife hadn’t.) On entering the Plum Bayou visitor … Continue reading →

Another twenty-minute drive from the Delta Heritage Trail brought me to this park. The road in to the park dead-ends at a five-car parking lot. The park is unmanned, so I had to do my first emblem-rubbing to get my … Continue reading →

When it’s complete, the Delta Heritage Trail will extend 84 miles, from just west of Helena to Arkansas City. After leaving Mississippi River State Park, I drove 20 minutes to the headquarters for the trail, at the Barton Trailhead. The … Continue reading →

One of my birding goals, still unrealized, is to see a Swainson’s Warbler in Arkansas. A couple had been reported recently from this park near Helena, and I drove down early on Thursday to see them. The birds were my … Continue reading →

Woolly Hollow is the closest state park to my house, and I go there often to bird and hike. It’s named for the Woolly family who moved to Arkansas from Tennessee in 1852. Martin Woolly, son of the original settlers, … Continue reading →