Adventures including visit(s) to National Park Site(s)
Home to Columbian Mammoths & Dr. Pepper Also home to Baylor University, of interest mostly because Gail’s baby brother spent his freshman year there. It wasn’t a good fit for him, hence one year. We drove by the stadium a few times, but never made it on campus. Anyway, short, Read more…
Warmer, a little rain, a little sun, a little hiking First stop for our 5+ weeks in Texas, was at Martin Dies, Jr State Park. We got a beautiful spot right on the Steinhagen Reservoir, where the Gum Slough enters…kind of a “corner lot”. It is supposedly one of the Read more…
Four days from Arkansas to Texas We left Hot Springs and Arkansas on Friday, first stopping in Hope, AR on our way to and over-night only in Texarkana, 0.3 miles over the border into Texas. Then back to Arkansas and on south to Natchitoches, Louisiana, for 3 nights. Natchitoches (NAK-a-tish) Read more…
NOT your typical National Park Visit Hot Springs National Park (#272) is a unique destination with a rich cultural past. The grand architecture of the historic bathhouses is equally matched by the natural curiosities of ancient thermal springs, mountain views, incredible geology, forested hikes, and abundant creeks – all in Read more…
Back on the Road for 2025…and it is COLD! We even had frozen pipes in the hotel where we stayed our first night back! The batteries in The Beast were dead on our return, so we spent a good part of a day getting them jumped and recharged to move Read more…
Wrapping up our 2024 Travels We toured our 1st 2 days in Little Rock and took 2 days to pack for home and get Lizzy to storage…we found a place inside, with electricity! Last night, after saying goodbye to Lizzy and The Beast, we walked over the Big Dam Bridge, Read more…
Fascinating History, big storms, raging fire We arrived during a Tornado Watch for western Arkansas. Here we “only” experienced a Major Wind/Rain Storm, which thankfully didn’t hit until after we set up camp. It was essentially over by morning and the last 2 nights were gorgeous. Then…yesterday, the Adelaide Hall Read more…
Camping in/Visiting 1 new National Park Site: Buffalo National River (#268), America’s First National River, established in 1972, flows freely for 135 miles and is one of the few remaining undammed rivers in the lower 48 states. We camped at Tyler Bend, near St. Joe, Arkansas, for 3 nights, our Read more…
From SW Missouri to NW Arkansas This is Lizzy‘s 1st time camping in Arkansas (State #42) and our 1st time to actually visit. It was a “fun” drive through the mountains to get here. We’d planned only 2 nights (campground closes today), but discovered we could stay 1 more, so Read more…
Our 3rd Springfield (only camped, didn’t really visit this one) The most populated city in the US named Springfield and on Route 66. The other two we’ve visited are just a bit smaller…in Massachusetts, the “City of Firsts” where many innovations were developed (e.g. first American dictionary & first American Read more…