Photography Now & Then #55
Over the last eight days, we’ve received about 23% of our average annual rainfall.
Now[1]: Torrential rain on saturated ground results in water flow across yard, February 24, 2018 (Apple iPhone 6s)
After a storm system stalled in the middle of the country in late February, much of Arkansas had already received as much as ten inches of rain. This left the soil extremely saturated, with widespread flooding occurring and additional water running off. As our place is on a ridge, sloping to the north, flooding is never an issue, but we had a lot of runoff. The rain finally end this afternoon.
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In October, 2008, we camped at an Arkansas state park that had been “moved” to a new location.
Then[2]: Campground in the new Lake Fort Smith State Park, Arkansas, October 20, 2008 (Pentax K10D)
The State Park that Moved[3]
Located in a wooded valley in the Boston Mountains of the Arkansas Ozarks, the 260 acre Lake Fort Smith State Park reopened May 21, 2008 four miles north of its original location, which was closed in early January, 2002, as a park reborn. With totally new facilities, the park has 30 camp sites, 10 cabins, a group lodging facility, picnic sites, a pavilion, marina with rental boats, a double lane boat ramp, a swimming pool, playground, and an 8,000 square foot visitor center with exhibit gallery, gift shop, a meeting/class room, a patio with an outdoor wood burning fireplace, and a great view of the lake and mountains. Activities for visitors include camping, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, backpacking, boating, hiking and mountain biking. The park borders lands of the Ozark National Forest. (read more)
- Now’s photo is a photo that is almost always taken the day of the blog post. In some instances, posts may be backdated if internet access is not available on the day of the photo or other reasons prevent posting Photography Now and Then.
- Then’s photo is a randomly selected older photograph from a batch of photos specifically “curated” for Photography Now and Then.
- Lake Fort Smith State Park – Haw Creek
Notes:
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- The title convention for Photography Now & Then blog posts evolved early on from one word related to each photo separated by “&” to usually being the first word in the caption description for each photo.
