Mt. Magazine State Park--Day 19

We spent about four hours this morning driving through rain and fog and mist—from Eureka Springs, more or less straight south to Mt. Magazine State Park in the Ozark National Forest.  This is a beautiful area of Arkansas, and is exactly what I imagined the Ozark Mountains would be.  And the lodge here…well, I may be changing my address to Mt. Magazine State Park Lodge.  It’s perfect.  That’s the best way to describe it.  Every room here overlooks a magnificent, sweeping view of a valley and a lake.  However, when we arrived, instead of a view of the valley, we were looking down on the tops of clouds.  Heavenly!  The clouds cleared, and we’re left with this amazing scene.  Tomorrow, we’ll drive around the park and forest.  For the rest of today, we’ll relax.  Here's a link to the lodge. 

Looking down on the clouds, from the park lodge

Same view, after the clouds cleared.  This is Blue Mountain Lake in the Petit Jean River Valley.