Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas

 Petit Jean was an 18th century French woman. Her fiancé was going to explore in America and did not want to marry her until he returned. So, she disguised herself as a boy (Little John) and joined the expedition, unknown to him.  Once near here, she became ill and, as she was dying, revealed herself to her fiancé.  She died and was buried here.  

In 1923 this high ridge land above the Arkansas River became a state park.

Today Trish and I went on three little hikes.  First we went to the Bear Caves, an amazing collection of rock formations with cave like indentations.  The rock striations and color streaks were amazing.

Afterwards we thought we were going to a waterfall, but it is do very dry that there was no water at all.  All dried up.

The real treat of the day was our hike to the Cave House.  It was an amazing deep cliff overhang that was occupied by early native peoples.  It could actually be a very usable place to a large number of people to live.  There were even petroglyphs on the cave walls.

Now we are back at our CCC cabin for the afternoon.