We've been to Blanchard Springs Caverns. We've been zip lining in Hot Springs. We've been to Heifer International's headquarters and urban farm. We've been to Toad Suck Daze (twice). The last thing on my Arkansas bucket list was . . .
. . . the Nature Center in Little Rock . . .
. . . where you can get up close and personal with cute, cuddly native critters like a snapping turtle . . .
. . . or a baby alligator. This one's smaller than Todd, but two years ago a hunter set a state record for the biggest alligator ever bagged in Arkansas: 13 feet, 10 inches. No wonder some people around here call them swamp dragons.
My favorite part of the museum was the long, segmented aquarium containing fish from various regions of Arkansas. The tanks held carp, bass, catfish, and long thin gars (including one that was bright white and almost didn't look real). Daniel wanted to see if the fish would be intimidated by a giant, stuffed trout. They didn't bat an eye (figuratively or literally, since fish don't have eyelids).
Time for a photo op by the azaleas! Pink goes so well with green.
P.S. Glasses are cool.
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