Park 256 Buffalo River National River

Left the coach today at 7- and drove about 80 miles to Harrison, Ark. which is the Headquarters building for the Buffalo National River-  they had the two stamps there they were supposed to-  so I was off to a good start. 

I had originally been told that only one of the three visitor centers would be open-  That turned out to be bad information-  turns out Pruitt Ranger station would be open, since the Rangerette was back from vacation, today was her first day back. 

To explain, this is a long, narrow park, centered around the Buffalo River, the first National River in the program.  The park is like over a 100 miles long, and there are no direct roads to the various visitor centers...  so if you visit here, be prepared to drive a lot. 

 

 

I drove the 19 miles or so down to the Pruitt Information building, and got a pin and two hiking medallions, and a nice view of the River. 

Also got the Pruitt site specific stamp here, which was a good thing, since this is the only place it is located in the entire park....

Then, I had to drive about 45 miles or so over to the Tyler Bend Ranger Station, which is the main Visitor Center for the park-  Got the Arkansas Sesqui stamp here, and everything else was a duplicate, so in three stops, I got the four stamps for this park. 

Got back to the coach about 230.  About 250 miles for the day trip!!!