http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Arkansas en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:46:18 +0000 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:46:18 +0000 Welcome to the Ozark Mountains and the beautiful Buffalo River Bull Shoals Lake and White River Area a favorite family vacation and boating destination in north central Arkansas. Created by damming the White River this magnificent body of clear blue water is surrounded by 1000 miles of beautiful mountain shoreline. You don't have to go to Florida or the Grand Banks for water sports and great f http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Bull-Shoals/blog-460015.html We are heading out to the hometown of Mark Martin. This is Joe's favorite NASCAR driver. Our day in The Ark started with rain go figure. On the way to Arkansas I spotted an amusing billboard. I made Joe stop so I could capture it with my camera.Mark Martin's museum was so impressive. We also drove to the track where Mark started his career in racing. FYI My favorite driver is Clint Bo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-449794.html A grime covered my skin and clothes as I entered the car for hike 2 on a warm Saturday afternoon in early September 2008 in northwest Arkansas. After completing the hike at Lost Valley I was preparing myself for a hike of a different kind. The Lost Valley hike was one of curiosity. I sought to uncover the strange rock formations of the Ozarks the seeping waterfall that provided a soundtrack to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-436068.html After taking the Ph.D. qualifying exam last August I decided to reward myself with a long weekend in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. This is a demonstrably underrated portion of the country with scenic hills beautiful forests and an abundance of lazily flowing water. I was inspired by Rand McNally's photograph of Whitaker Point located in Newton County AR slightly over an hour so http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-435866.html So I'm finally starting to work things out at work at least I hope so lol. Apparently there were some new systems that have been put into place before I came that not everyone is completely comfortable with and not all the kinks have been worked out yet. So that is cause of the majority of the confusion and the who does what when type of stuff. We are starting to get it worked out my cowork http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-435314.html On my way to Texas I decide to make a little detour to Hot Springs Arkansas. A little town whose center wraps itself around 50 square miles of forest and hills that is Hot Springs National Forest. The name comes from the towns main attraction the hot springs that have been used in the town's baths for over a hundred years. Back in the late 19th century the wealthy from all over the country woul http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Hot-Springs/blog-432889.html Well I'm pretty much all settled in the apartment and with my job. I'm still trying to learn things at the job like what paperwork to fill out when and how and all that good stuff. what to do if I'm not going to pick a client up on my caseload what to do when military staff is going to come in and observe meetings and such over clients.. a little nerve racking but it should be ok. I have an http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-432845.html So let me just say that I was unable to write yesterday due to an overload of stress and frustration. I woke up yesterday because I had to go to work at 915 to start orientation since I can do that without an OT license... and I couldn't find my keys. I tore the hotel room apart looking for my keys. Those of you who know me.. probably aren't surprised. You shouldn't be anyway lol. I had to c http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-431758.html Well so slowly but surely things are beginning to fall together. I am going to get the apartment. I'm still not thrilled about the idea but it's a place to live it's a nice area and there is plenty to do and I'll probably meet some people my age. The facility has a hot tub tanning beds a sauna two pools it's on a golf course and I get free access to the course as well as free access to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-431208.html 23 AUG 09 Sunday 631 A.M. oh shit the alarm didnrsquot go off. I had set it but not turned it on. I use my phone as an alarm clock I got in the habit of using it when I was traveling so much. Think about it you would rarely forget to pack it it keeps correct time for the area you are in and is unaffected by any power outages that happen. It usually works really well except when operator e http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Eureka-Springs/blog-430998.html So I know everyone is expecting me to talk about the great new place I found and how everything worked out. Sorry to disappoint you who knows maybe next post. As of today it seems like a wasted day. It is pretty difficult to find a place to live on a Sunday. Between the house and the apartment.. looks like it is going to be the apartment. However I'm still looking. The house turned out http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-430818.html Well my first night in Arkansas was officially Friday the 21st of August. My best friend April and I made the 8 hour trip with a Uhaul trailer and my dog Kubby without anything really exciting happening. The first thing we noticed about Arkansas was the foliage and that it was much flatter than I had anticipated. There weren't as many trees or rock that I had expected to see although I do b http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Little-Rock/blog-430491.html I spent all of last week camping on the Buffalo River in Northern Arkansas near Ponca. I hiked in after dark with my trusty flash light and head lamp to light the way. I spotted on an armadillo on the path. Setting up camp was quick and painless plenty of trees to choose from to tie the hammock up. I camped at the top of 20 ft bluff that overlooked the river. The first day in I sat on the bank http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/blog-427391.html 735 Meilen oder 118287 kmHeute haben wir vor den Tag im Auto zu verbringen und richtig Meilen zu machen. Es geht von Arkansas durch Oklahoma durch den noerdlichen Zipfel von Texas bis nach New Mexico. Oklahoma ist ein gruener Staat flach recht eintoenig wenn man ihn komplett durchquert mit riesigen Rinderweiden. Mich wuerde es nicht wundern wenn sie hier wie in Texas New Mexico die Her http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Hot-Springs-Village/blog-423689.html We've spend a whole day in Hot Springs today. In the afternoon we actually wanted to go to the lake but then a thunderstorm came thru and it rained pretty much the remainder of the day. So what better to do in Hot Springs than go to the hot springs We went to Quapaw Baths Spa to bath in the thermal waters. Very relaxing. The water has between 95 and 104 degrees in different pools. After the vi http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Hot-Springs/blog-423672.html Waehrend wir hier sitzen und den Blog schreiben kommt der Putz von der Decke faellt einfach neben uns auf den Tisch Boden. Draussen regnet es und es tropft durch das Dach des Hotels wo schon Trueman Bush Clinton Al Capon uebernachtet haben und es sogar eine Ronald Reagan Suite gibt Heute frueh waren wir wandern bzw. spazieren auf einem der vielen Trails in dem kleinen Hot Springs Na http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Hot-Springs-Village/blog-423661.html July 7 TuesdayHappy Birthday sister Betsy We departed Dalhart TX and continued eastbound towards a little Texas town Deb spotted on the map called Canadian. Since it was on the way we crossed the Canadian River and stopped for a few pics of the welcome sign just outside of town. Then we pulled over next to a coffee shop which turned out to originally have been a 1915 drug store including http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Eureka-Springs/blog-422136.html Today we drove from Memphis to Little Rock. On the way I fulfilled my dream of going to Graceland I've been wanting to go there for years now. It was a blast. We saw a fair amount of Elvis' jumpsuits his uniform from when he was in the service and his house. Inside his house we saw his parents' room his racquetball room and everything else except the upstairs because that level of the house http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Little-Rock/blog-418654.html 'Tis a great land in which we live is it not What better way to celebrate the Nation's birth by venturing to its heartland the fascinating state of Arkansas. Land of mosquitoes rice fields paper mills a president WalMart and many many many Sonic DriveThru Arkansas is a state that I only ever visit while venturing to the other side of the Mississippi River to shop at the West Memphis Wa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Little-Rock/blog-415554.html Monday June 29 Crater of Diamonds State ParkWe left around 8am for the one hour or so drive to Crate of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro Arkansas. Along the way and even more so when we entered Murfreesboro both Manoli and I wondered about how little traffic there was on the road and how deserted Murfreesboro seemed. Could the Crater of Diamonds State Park be less popular for some rea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arkansas/Hot-Springs/blog-413972.html