A bit of Arkansas

It's a rainy Sunday afternoon and 70 degrees......WOW, what a change in the weather! The rain is desperately needed in these parts as the Table Rock Lake is down about six feet from normal.Considering it's a lake of about 45,000 acres, that's a lot of water.

We've been to a few more shows since my last post, but they all seem to be running together. I know they were generally very good, though. Our entire group of volunteers went to dinner one evening and later went to a '60's Hits' show, which I remember being very good. I think they all enjoyed it also.

One afternoon we went to Branson Landing where they have 'dancing waters' shows every evening, and also many shops. It's a 'Mandy' paradise. We'll be visiting there again before we leave. Very Nice!

One day last week we took a day trip into northern Arkansas. It was a beautiful day and the scenery was impressive, very much like the Blue Ridge mountains in Virginia. Of course, I took lots of pictures, which I've attached. Enjoy!

Just outside Harrison, AR is this old abandoned amusement park called Dogpatch. It is being overgrown with trees and brush, but you can see enough of it that it looks like a ghost town. This was the entrance.....notice the warning.

This is a dam with a bridge on it and the remains of a tower for a water ride.

Would you walk on this old footbridge?

This is part of a train track that ran thru the park.

One of the many abandoned buildings on the property.

After leaving the ghost town, we headed toward Jasper, AR and stopped at this bakery for made-from-scratch pastries.

There is also this antique and junk shop in Jasper.....Ann, this one's for you. ;)

Route 7 out of Jasper was closed due to the road collapse from flooding last year, so we took a more scenic route toward Eureka Springs, AR.

We went into the Buffalo River National park for lunch where there were also riding stables.

After lunch we headed to Boxley, AR to see the elk.

After touring around the quaint little hillside town of Eureka Springs, we found this little restaurant. The food was quite good and the folks who ran it were great.

Then it was time to head back to Branson after 9 hours of touring around. It looked like another beautiful sunset coming up, so down to the lake to see it.

A sunset shot of our'office'.

Bye for now.

Ron & Barb