Our first stop was Grand Gulf State Park. It is referred to as Missouri's "Little Grand Canyon". While that description might be a bit of a stretch, it was an interesting and very scenic hole in the ground!
While it was almost entirely dry today, there are times when there is much water in it. The water enters a cave at the end of the chasm and travels underground for 9 miles re-emerging at Mammoth Spring in Arkansas.
The spring at Mammoth Spring, Arkansas was very pretty. The depot was very well preserved and picturesque.
The dam has over 9 million gallons of water going over it each hour and at the far end of the dam is a building with equipment on display from when it was used to generate electricity.
I have the hardest time trying to keep an English Ivy plant alive. I was fascinated by this old building that was about 10' X 10' X 10' that was absolutely covered with English Ivy as well as the trees near it!
We saw the homes where Tim and Christy each grew up as well as many others with family connections going back to Christy's great grandmother. We visited Daniel, Sharon and Hope, seeing their new home site and hearing about plans for their log home. It was fun hearing their enthusiasm and ideas that they hope to incorporate into it. I really hope I can come back this way sometime after it's finished because I have a feeling that I'm going to love their home.
This is such a beautiful part of the country with the hills and amazing huge trees. While I wouldn't trade the family, friends, and home that we have in Colorado for the humidity of Missouri, I do love these trees!
Our final "home tour" of the day was a quick peek of the "Donkey Fort" (I'm still not clear on how it got it's name) that Dawson and his buddy have built on the back of their property. It's a pretty interesting project and shows a lot of hours have gone into it's building. The pictures don't do it justice as it was getting dark, but the front door is especially impressive!
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