Blogs from Heber Springs, Arkansas, United States, North America

Today Jim Hunt and Mike were going to go trout fishing on the Little Red River, while Jim Kribs, Don and I were going to do some local riding. We took off for a place called Fairview Bay, thinking it would be a bay on the big lake and we could find a restaurant on the water to have lunch, but nooooo, there was no place on water and no place open other than a Mexican place called El Poblano. We ate a rather mediocre lunch there, before doing some grocery shopping and heading back to the cabin. Jim and Mike had better luck. They went fishing on the Little Red River with a guide out of Pangburn, AR. The little Red River is a world class trout fishing river and they caught somewhere between 35 ... read more

Once again, the forecast for Monday was for even worse weather, thunderstorms and showers all day. We awoke and found that the forecast was sure accurate this time. We all kind of figured we would be spending the whole day inside. When the thunderstorms starting rumbling through the valley, it looked like the lightning was even with our level. The original plan to come here was to have this great base camp cabin to stay in and spend 3 days riding around this gorgeous country, checking out all the local sites. But that was not to be thanks to our bad luck continuing with the weather. We settled in for a full day of BS'ing. There was a playoff baseball game on this evening and we watched that while eating our frozen pizzas. Ray took charge ... read more

Well, it looks like we are going to have bad weather for this whole trip. We left Wildwood, MO in pretty good weather, but just like yesterday, the second half of the trip turned into a rainy ride. We stopped in a very scenic little town called Calico Rock for lunch, but there aren't going to be many pictures since it was pouring when we were there. We ate lunch at a place called the White River Café. Since the special was a Cajun Catfish Dinner, Ray and I ordered it. Well, I guess we now knew we were in the south and these Chicagoans would have to learn to relax and cool our heels because nothing was going to happen fast. It took over 45 minutes for the food to come out. We got to ... read more