Lake Poinsett State Park, Arkansas

Photos from our stay at Lake Poinsett State Park.

The park is named for Joel Poinsett, who introduced the poinsettia to the United States. It is a small, quiet, very well-kept park on, of course, Lake Poinsett.

On the day we arrived, Harvey discovered this gathering near the pavilion.

How about a close-up of this one!

We discovered Lake Poinsett when looking at the map of Crowley's Ridge. A scenic parkway runs along it, and we thought taking this route would be an interesting way to see this part of the state.

Information at the visitor center explains how this ridge once separated the meander belts of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Think about that for a minute. The ridge is also along the fault line where the New Madrid earthquake occurred in 1812. Very interesting....

The park ranger had a moonlight kayak trip scheduled for anyone interested in seeing the super moon on the lake. Well...I think I may be interested.

Ranger Courtney Todd helps me into the life jacket, an absolute necessity since I have no swimming skills.

There we are, the three of us. Unfortunately the camera guy could not get his best side into the frame.

Harvey felt that he really had to have documentation of my fearlessness. Later I was really put to the test by a snake poised to strike as we were bringing the kayaks out of the water. The ranger spotted him and warned me to move back. He did not have to say it twice.

The end of the day.