Bikin'...

This is a good spot for riding the e-bikes: very little vehicle traffic and roads that wind through the campgrounds.  So...

And, we're rolling...

Being a Corps of Engineer park, it is located at a lock and dam...

In some places, the public has access to the lock - not here.  But, I'm thinking there will be some places in our riding where we'll be able to see more.

One of the two boat ramps in the park - one above the dam and lock, this one is below.  It doesn't appear that way in the photo, but that is a steep ramp.  Joan checked the map of the river and park...

The bikes are Trail Vipers, so I guess we need to take them off the road...

That is some sandy soil - glad to have the pedal assist through that.

On another turn off, we found stairs leading down to the entrance/exit to the lock...

There was nothing locking through while we were there, although we did see tugs and barges on either side when driving here.  They're going to let some water out as a vessels moves down-river in the lock - the reason for this sign...

Riding back to our site, you can see the highway bridge that runs right over the lock...

When we got back and put the bikes away, Joan said, "How about you take us out for ice cream and we'll drive over that bridge to see if there's a view of the lock?"

"Ice cream?  I'm in."

A chain-link fence along the bridge on the portion that is right over the lock...

We wound up driving through the town of Van Buren; there was a sign for the historic district, so we drove around to take a look.  A few interesting buildings (churches and city building), but what really caught my eye was a sign on the side of a building that read: "The Musician's Exchange"... yeah, we should check that out.  Turns out to be a music store with mostly used gear - lots of electric and acoustic guitars, amps, basses; strings and accessories.  I didn't find anything I needed right this moment, but it was interesting to look around.

Yes, there was a stop for ice cream before heading back.

A gorgeous day here in northwest Arkansas.