We left our house and traveled around Hot Springs on the east side. We were heading just outside of Jessieville, or so we thought. We ended up turning back toward Story. When we found the sign showing the direction to Richardson Bottoms we became a little concerned when we turned down the dirt road, a little more concerned the further we drove. When we finally reached our destination we found it to be a widened out place in the road where a sign describing the swampy conditions was posted. There was not a bird in sight, not even a frog that we could see so we amused ourselves by taking pictures of flowers and water lillies. I don't think I have ever seen a water lilly grown outside a controlled environment. It is a little amazing there could be a kind of swamp at the top of a mountain. Well this is it.
Here is the picture of one of the water lillies close up.
This is a picture of some of the flowers by the side of the road.
After getting back on the road heading toward Hot Springs from the west side Troy spotted a Hawk. How he saw it I will never understand. Even after he stopped he had to point it out to me, then I was able to get a close up shot of it through the truck window.
Once we were on our way back into Hot Springs from the west side we decided to stop at Crystal Springs. Both of us had been there when we were growing up, but hadn't seen it for years. Here is a picture of the spillway at the day area.
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