Keo

From Scott, I drove east to a small oxbow lake near the town of Keo. The lake was once part of the Arkansas River, but the river moved on and left the oxbow lake behind. It stands, filled with thousands of tupelo trees.







Besides the tupelo trees, the lake is also home to a lot of duckweed. Which looks like algae but it's actually a tiny aquatic plant that floats on the surface of water. Since it was raining, there was a little bit of movement in the lake. The duckweed was caught in the current, drifting around and against the tupelo trees.







I drove back to Keo, which is another old farming community. And one product that Keo is known for is pecans. There are several massive groves of pecan trees around Keo, which have probably helped make countless numbers of pecan pies over the years.



Keo also has a good collection of historic buildings, including this old gin.



Not sure what this plant is, which has spread out around the former gin. It almost looks like bamboo?