Blogs from Arkansas, United States, North America - page 6

As I was laying out the route from Russellville AR to the Winn-Creek RV Park and Retreat in Winslow AR, I found there was no uncomplicated way to make the journey without backtracking to Fort Smith. Obviously, revisiting those visual stimuli was not my itinerary of choice. Since I would be pulling the Pilgrim, I wanted the route to be a reasonably direct path over fairly well marked, (hopefully) scenic roads. My concern was that a short segment of the route I wanted to take was shown as unimproved where it crossed the White Rock Wildlife Management Area. Chatting with a local who grew up in northwest Arkansas and still made trips there quite regularly, I found that my desired route was indeed gravel but was well-graded and easy to negotiate - unlike many of the ... read more

Well.........after months of trying to decide whether or not to take a trip across the country this Summer, we finally decided we would give it one more shot. After a very long and grueling week of mishaps, minor household catastrophies and an unexpected medical emergency, we are officially on the road !! There's no turning back now so watch out America, HERE WE COME ! We spent the week battling the swimming pool, trash compactor, septic tank system and worst of all, the county tag office. Somehow we managed to survive, get the motorhome packed up and head on out to see this great big awesome place we call home. We worked until the wee hours of the morning getting bills paid, cleaning the house, threatening Kayla's life and preparing our house on wheels for our ... read more

Our exodus from Hot Springs AR on May 25, 2010 found us heading west on scenic US 270. Logically, the further we traveled from Hot Springs the more remote became the landscape. The highway traversed rolling hills with sporadic vistas and intermittent pockets of civilization. The roadside businesses catered to the vacationer, adventurer and outdoorsman - lodges, fishing tackle shops, convenience stores, boat repair shops, restaurants and kayak rentals. Occasionally, a scenic pullout would provide a respite for the legs and a feast for the eyes. Scarce patches of wildflowers dotted the route but usually were limited to 2 or 3 varieties in any location. This type of floral display is more of what I remember of my days in the Midwest and reveals why the spectacular exhibits we saw in east Texas had such a ... read more