Picking a site for our annual conference is never easy. Each year we visit the “final three” to see what they have to offer. Part of the challenge comes from having to pick from three great sites.
This year we are looking at sites for the 2018 conference. The final three are Little Rock, Arkansas, Daytona Beach, Florida and Fort Wayne, Indiana.
OWAA’s Conference planner extraordinaire Jessica Seitz and I traveled to Little Rock and the following are some photos of our trip.
At the end of this post is a list of other places we visited but didn’t get pictures.
We ate the Flying Fish restaurant.
The menu at the Flying Fish restaurant
Home of the Billy Bass adoption center
You can leave your Billy Bass in a nice home
We walked along the River Trail
Display Map of the River Trail
We saw a piece of the “Little Rock”
The city derives its name from a small rock formation along the river, named “La Petite Roche” by the French in 1799.
We went fishing on the Little Red River.
Jessica gears up for some fishing on the Little Red
We had the pleasure of fishing with Lowel Myers of Sore Lip’Em All Guide Service
Lowell and Jessica head up river to find some fish.
I had a chance to visit with some locals…
A nice rainbow from the Little Red River.
We canoed on the Little Maumelle River.
Floating on the Little Maumelle Water Trail.
And we toured the Robison Center. It is being renovated and will be ready for this fall.
Touring the Robison Center construction site. L to R: Marilyn Koehler, Director of National Accounts, Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Velva French, Director of Sales, Doubletree by Hilton Little Rock Randy Zellers, Managing Editor, Arkansas Wildlife Magazine, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Gretchen Hall, President and CEO, Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Tom Sadler, Executive Director, Outdoor Writers Association of America Leah DiPietro, Communications Manager, Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Jessica Seitz, Director of Conference and Membership Services, Outdoor Writers Association of America
Other places we visited (mostly to eat.)
- Breakfast at the Capital Hotel.
- Toured the Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center
- Dinner at Loca Luna.
- Dinner at Sonny Williams Steak Room.
- Toured the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Firing Range
- Had a tour and lunch at the Clinton Library.
- Toured the Old State House.
- Lunch at Doe’s Eat Place.
- Toured the Historic Arkansas Museum
- Dinner at South on Main.
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