Around Scott

It was still pouring down rain as I left Stuttgart and headed towards home. Many fields were soaked, and several creeks and ditches were flooded. Because I was still soaked while standing in the rain in Stuttgart with the camera, this time I tried to just take some pictures from the car (which at least kept the camera somewhat dry, but did drench the area around the window during the brief time it was rolled down. I guess that counts as a car wash?). This was taken from the car, of an old abandoned building in the small town of Humnoke.



Further up the road, in the small town of Coy, was this old cotton gin. It looks like it's only used for storage now.



From there I stopped at a pecan orchard, which was partially covered in standing water from the storms. Luckily it had stopped raining so I stopped to get a few pictures.





Luckily there wasn't that much traffic out that day, especially since I stopped the car and hurried to get this shot of the road passing by this tall tree (wonder how old it is?).



Down the road was this old sharecropper's house. Part of the roof was blown off, and more and more bits and pieces are steadily falling off. It probably won't be standing too much longer.



Nearby is this old store, which dates to the 1930s.





The road ran past Marlsgate Plantation, then ran alongside Bear Skin Lake. The lake is an oxbow lake, and was once a channel of the Arkansas River. The shore of the lake was lined with all sorts of trees, from oak to cypress to tupelo.



And one last shot from Bear Skin Lake, with just a little bit of fog drifting along the lake.