I am playing catch up a little bit today as I realized I never posted a thing about our stay in Arkansas. Maybe because it was sandwiched between utter exhaustion and violent illness. I'm not sure. However, it was the BEAUTY in the middle of our CHAOS. After our short stay in Glen Rose, TX we camped for several days at Lake Catherine State Park in Arkansas. We found the people in Arkansas to be very friendly and the state to be much more beautiful than we expected and kind of wish we would have stayed longer.
In retrospect I would stay at Crater of Diamonds State Park, which we visited to dig for diamonds because of the unique features of that park. It has a VERY COOL water park which opens Memorial Day weekend (we missed it by a week) and of course, the diamond fields.
While driving to the Crater of Diamonds State Park where we were going to dig for diamonds, we saw a poor turtle stranded in the middle of the road. Concerned for his safety, we sent Abigail, our turtle rescue ambassador, out after him. Once in the car, we decided he needed a name. After batting around several ideas we decided to call him FLASH! 
The turtle stayed closed in his shell until we stopped at a Sonic and put him down on the concrete. And then he took off, living up to his name, he was pretty speedy for a turtle.
He went with us to the diamond fields digging in the dirt and swimming in the mud. We smuggled him in and out of the gift shop and generally enjoyed watching him. Just before we left in the morning, we set Flash free to enjoy the State Park as much as we did. Pleasantly surprised by the friendly people and beautiful scenery, we would definitely go back to Arkansas.
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