Heading North

Monday was a different day. Originally we were going to take a circuitous route from Vicksburg to Little Rock to enable Harriet to set foot in some states she had never been in. Fortunately/Unfortunately when we checked the weather before starting out, we saw that there was a nasty patch of weather right where we were going. A quick change of plans sent us slightly west into Louisiana to the site of an ancient civilization called Poverty Point (1800B.C.). Very unique. The original inhabitants built their 'homes' on man made ridges (about 6 feet high), to protect them when the bayous flooded. There were 6 semi cicular sets of ridges, each one getting longer the further ut from the center, where there was a community gathering spot. In addition, there were several man made mounds, one of which was almost 100 feet high and when viewed from the air looks like a bird. It was hard to get any pictures that clearly showed what we saw (especially since during the 1800's the land had been extensively farmed (poorly because that was how it got the name Poverty Point). Here are a couple of attempts:

We then turned North and got to Little Rock in time to check out the city, including the capitol building
and statues along the river.

and see "The Little Rock".

We did not take pictures of the Clinton Library which is a little ways up thr river. It looks like an enormous double wide - very uninspiring, but very Arkansas.
Health alert - Little Rock permits smoking in restaurants. The first one we tried allowed smoking - we left. Finally wound up in a TGI Fridays.
Harriet did manage to add Arkansas as state 47. Tomorrow we expect to stay in Arkansas all day (how dull).