Dancing With Angels: GREERS FERRY LAKE, ARKANSAS

After checking out the 125 Campgrounds at Bull Shoals Lake we decided to head south.

The photo above is a view I had of Bull Shoals Lake as we drove around to the 125 Campgrounds. The photo below shows Missouri across the lake but the only way to get there on Hwy 125 is by boat... ferry boat that is...

Actually, there are two ferry boats at that crossing. The one pictured above and this one below. Both are in service but after taking a look at them both Phil and I agreed.... no way, lol. You can tell business is slow when you see the captain of the ferry out in a dingy fishing and a heron resting on the boat.... lol...

At the 125 campgrounds they have a unique sundial. It is a giant treble fishhook...

The ride down to this new campground was mainly on Hwy 65, then over to FM 16. We passed through several towns coming down. Several were nice sized town, while others were the... " don't blink or you missed it" size. I mainly focused on the old barns and farms. Here is a few of the pictures taken... not sure where this one is located on the map. An old barn with a tractor shed and a stock pond. Nothing special but pretty in it's field of yellow flowers...

Because Arkansas is mostly hills and mountains this is the view one usually sees of barns... just the tops ... I passed up a lot of photos like this next one...

But I still found a lot of old barns. This is a common shape one but I liked the setting with the mountain range and it nestled down by the trees...

This old wooden barn has seen it's better days but it is still in service. Things don't rust as fast as it would near the coast. I coat of paint would reserve it's roof but then the image capture below would be lost forever...

And then there is this magnificent old faded red barn that has a sun ray beaming down upon it.... one of my "wow" moments...

I took many shots of this old farm as we passed. Although this photo isn't what I was striving to capture on film, it is the best I got... so, sharing it also with you...

And, how about this fancy beauty sitting up near the entry of a large ranch entrance?...

The scene below is a fairly common scene of an old barn and farmhouse.

No big bucks here but a good life just the same...

Hay for sale... fertilized and wrapped... $25.00 a bale... Nice...

Now here is one I really liked. It is two barns joined as one... the old "A" frame roof hay barn and the Quonset hut round barn for the tractor. Both have the cow shelters leanto jutting off them... This farmer even has his pasture divided into sections so he can rotate the cattle for better grazing...

I think this old barn below is the oldest. Just out of range is an old farm house that doesn't show in this photo. Another thing I found interesting is the person in the photo coming around the old building to the left...

We passed a lot of beautiful scenery of trees, hills, rocks, and cliffs on our way to the next lake. We knew we were getting close to our destination when we saw this mailbox...