Autumn camping.

Ready to roll out on our fifth camping trip this year. I've been working everyday for the past 50 days, and now that autumn is finally arriving, I have been looking forward to another camping trip.

This is one of four campsites in this little wooded area across from White Oak Lake, which is only 25 minutes from home. We camped in campsite one at the end of January. This is campsite two. Because the weather wasn't going to rain for the three nights of this camping trip, we didn't put up the gazebo.

On our first full day, we drove ten minutes to White Oak Lake State Park and went hiking.

They have three trails to choose from.

This is the shortest and our favorite. (1.5 miles)

This is the second longest. We did this trail when we were camping here. (3 miles)

This is longest, and for me, probably would take all day. (10 miles)

On our second full day, we went to another of our favorite places to visit, called, 'Little Grand Canyon', right across from where we were camping.

Hiking at White Oak Lake.

On our most recently camping trip, we went to White Oak Lake State Park, which is only about 25 minutes from where we live. This is a wonderful and beautiful area, well known for it's fishing and hunting.

One of the most popular activities at the campground is to go hiking. They have three trails to choose from. We took the shortest trail, 'Beech Ridge'.

We saw some incredible fall foliage and views. And the weather was perfect, starting a little cool in the morning, but quickly warming by noon.

Bike ride.

It was a very nice day in Camden, so I took my bike out for a ride. Perfect temperature, especially for the second week of November, and the beginning of autumn. We have a lovely trail very near my home for riding, walking, or jogging. It used to be for trains, but after the line was unused for a long time, they took up the tracks, and put down asphalt.

This area is a field behind our house, next to a church. You can see the three crosses representing Jesus Christ crucifixion.

Such beautiful fall colors.

Halloween camping at Iron Mountain, Degray Lake

 It was perfect autumn weather for camping at Iron Mountain, Degray Lake.

Our campsite was right next to the bath house.

This is our kitchen with Coleman stove, and dining area.

Destiny's bed.

My bed, electric cooler, laptop and projector for movies, and my CPAP machine.

We have electricity at this site, but sometimes we camp off-grid, so we use a big battery to provide all our power. Right now it can last about five days. But, starting next spring, we will be camping a week at a time, and I will need to get some solar panels to recharge the battery.

We put up the movie screen to watch movies.

All our suitcases and extra gear is stored in the corner, at the foot of my bed.

I turn on the heater on cold mornings.

Camping on the Arkansas River.

We went camping this weekend along the Arkansas River, just south of Clarksville, at Spadra Park, which once was home to a Native American village, and part of the Trail of Tears.

The view across the river is great, and there are many ducks, geese, and cranes.

We are going for an Autumn drive tomorrow through the Ozarks to hopefully see some beautiful fall colors.

Spring Break 2018 day 5:

We said goodbye to my father and drove to see where an ancient Indian civilization used to live about 3,000 years ago up to about 1,000 years ago. They built mounds of dirt to keep track of the Winter and Summer solstice, and of the Spring and Autumn equinox. Next, we drove to Murfreesboro, Arkansas, to spend the next four nights in a Tipi. After settling in, we built a campfire, and Destiny made some new friends. They all went out at night with flashlights on a ‘treasure hunt’ the campground owner arranged for them.