Little River, Millwood Lake, Arkansas B
Kayak paddle trail in the Little River/Millwood Lake area of southern Arkansas, starting at Yarborough Landing. The launch was early AM in the fog so the route stays close to the shore for a while to not be hit by a powerboat. The route is a long clockwise loop. Especially scenic is the northern-most lake, although there is some surface vegetation to work around. A picture below also shows a night paddle excursion into Pond Creek near a Pond Creek NWR primitive campsite. Earlier that evening a big gator slowly drifted from one end of the nearby pond to the other, watching the campsite area very carefully. But later in the dark the boat light didnt reveal any reflective gator eyes, so evidently it had moved on. Another picture shows a snake way high up on a dead cypress tree trunk, climbing higher and higher, looking hole by hole for eggs or hatchlings. Several times is almost fell off.
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Above: A night paddle in the Pond Creek NWR.
Above: Fog just starting to lift.
Above: Amazing…snake is climbing tree, looking in holes.
Above: Will keep clear of the nest.