You may recall my last blog when I mentioned about not following the GPS, well we followed the GPS this time and we couldn't find Brady Mountain Campground. We were at Lake Ouachita for sure, but there were no signs directing us to the campground. We tried calling the campground, but the cell signal was nonexistent. Where's the ranger when you need one! Ahh...OK...we're lost!
After scratching my head trying to figure out what the heck went so darn wrong, I finally discovered some fool loaded the wrong address in the GPS! Ahh...ok...that would have been me! Once we got that corrected, we found we only missed the campground by some 20 miles! Ahh...OK...at least we were in the right state!
We finally drove to the top of a mountain and pulled into Brady Mountain Recreation Area only to find out that our campsite was electric only, no water. We normally don't carry much water in our tank to keep the trailer weight down, so we had to fill the water tank up before getting to our site. No problem! After all, we're only going to be here three nights.
However, getting into our site was another issue. It involved backing the camper up a hill and making a sharp turn to miss ALL of the strategically place pine trees. Once in the site we had to level the camper and then unhooked. Once we were unhooked, we realized we were too close to another strategically placed pine tree to unroll the awning. Ahh...Did I mentioned we picked up a nail in our truck tire and had a slow leak! "Does anyone have vodka, or gin around here?" I could use about a gallon right about now!
Here we are nestled tightly in our campsite
Brady Mountain Recreation Area is a beautiful location! It's on top of a mountain and overlooks Lake Ouachita. This lake was made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The lake was completed in 1953 and extends some 39 miles. Ouachita is an Indian word meaning river of good hunting grounds. But, don't ask me how to pronounce Ouachita!
The next three pictures were taken in our campground.
Can you find the squirrel in this picture?
We didn't realize our campground had an upper level. The sites up there were paved and fairly level, and the views were gorgeous.
This family decided to take a swim!
We took a little drive over to Blakely Dam which is located on the south east end of Lake Ouachita.
This is a shot above the dam.
This one is looking below the dam.
These trees are growing straight up in contrast to the slop of the dam.
Kitty and Kallie are enjoying the views.
Since we were only a few miles west of Hot Springs, we drove into town to see the famous bath houses which is now a National Park. But, since it was raining, we did not get out of the truck to take a tour. However, we did enjoy some great Arkansas BBQ at Stubbies! We bought enough BBQ to last a couple of days and we enjoyed it more each time we ate it!
Despite some cool weather, a little rain, and no cell coverage, our three days here went by faster than expected. Next, we move on the Ozark, Ar. Stay tuned!
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