We looked at all of the beautiful big houses built along the bluff, and then we stopped on the farthest point to take pictures of the lake and the towns and landmarks below and beyond.
We then continued around the lake, driving through Sugar Loaf Park, and then on to Edgemont for a wonderful lunch at Jansen's. We then drove down Hwy 92 and veered off southward to Budd Creek, where we drove through the Budd Creek Baptist Camp (which housed victims of Hurrican Katrina -- we were impressed with the facilities!) After that, we traveled on to Drip Creek, an area where Greg's family owned a cabin that they visited in the 70's and 80's. Today it has been renovated and is for sale for over $135,000! This includes a boat slip nearby at the lake. We got out and walked around the cabin and looked it over, while Greg and his mother remembered the fun times the family shared there.After that, we drove over the bridge at Prim and back, and took a side tour of Camp Bear Track, which is owned by members of our church, Jack and Olivia Dowell. The camp director is Colby Crow, assisted by his wife, Damitra. The Crows conduct some of the youth activities at our church, also. We got out and walked around the camp, and we especially enjoyed the views of Devil's Fork from the chapel and deck areas behind the dining hall. It's a great place, and it makes you wish you were a kid again so you could attend!
It was a nice, mild winter day, and the bare landscape allowed us to see all sorts of things we generally don't notice because of foliage. The photos were taken atop Miller's Point... looking over the lake and toward the northeast and east. The landscape photo is looking due east toward Heber Springs. You can see Sugar Loaf Mountain, to the left of Round Mountain. Eden Isle is in the foreground. The ridge over near McJester is in the background.
