Arkansas River
The Big Dam Bridge slows the flow of the Arkansas River. The bridge is only for pedestrians and spans the river above a dam and a lock.
1 mile from end to end
He likes the Dam Bridge too!
We took a bike ride along the path from the Clinton Library to Downtown Little Rock where they were offering tours of two reproduction boats from Columbus’ time.
The Nina and The Pinta
Skipping the tour that was overrun by school children we opted to look on while Paul checked Wikipedia and learned that the Nina is a full size replica of the original that Columbus sailed. The Pinta is larger than the original as it needed to have a larger deck for walk around tours.
Little Rock public art is really fun.
For dog lovers?
Uptown, Saturday night!
Bunny Bump- I love this one!
Always looking for the interesting or weird! The Old Mill at T.R. Pugh park meets the requirement of interestingly weird! The mill is a replica that was built i 1933 and was made to look as though it had been there forever. It is featured in the opening scene of Gone with the Wind and they think it is the only structure still standing from the film. The parks landscape is what qualifies as weird for me.
Looks like a Thomas Kinkade painting!
The park is decorated with sculptures of toadstools, tree stumps, and a tree branch-entwined bridge that connects the mill to the rest of the park. Senor Dionico Rodriguez, a sculptor and artist of Mexico City, was responsible for all the details of each piece of concrete work made to represent wood, iron or stone, as well as the designing of the foot bridges and rustic seats. The Old Mill is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The mill with a working water wheel
Rapunzel in the tower? Not!
Texting! I can’t believe I didn’t notice when I took the photo
This little girl was so cute, she was leading her daddy all over the park, up the bridge, across the water, inside the mill and he seemed so attentative until I got home and downloaded my photos!