Monte Flynn (right) of Elm Springs and his wife, Julie Flynn, take their inaugural trip in their own kayaks Wednesday at Lake Elmdale in Springdale. The couple got the boats after kayaking with their grandchildren. The lake is between Elm Springs and Springdale in northwest Washington County. It was built in 1953 by the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission. Visit nwaonline.com/201211Daily/ and nwadg.com/photos.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/J.T. Wampler)