Monthly Archives: November 2018

Arkansas Post

November 13-14, 2018 Arkansas Post Museum John went to this one on his own while Holly huddled in a heated camper with a head cold. (Too cold, not going! Such a wimp – but a warm, happy wimp.) For those … Continue reading

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Trials and Tribulations – and wimping out

November 14, 2018 We’ve been using the “Find a Park” site to try to hit all the National Park Properties that interest us in any given state https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm? This is how we picked up on Arkansas Post. We wanted to … Continue reading

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Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site

November 9, 2018 I am very glad we made this stop because it was a real eye opener. What made it especially valuable was our tour guide. He personally knew several of the black students who went to that school … Continue reading

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Hot Springs Fordyce Bathhouse

November 7, 2018 The Fordyce Bathhouse holds the National Park Visitor Center. You can tour the entire building from the hot spring bubbling up in the basement, up to the men’s and women’s spa rooms on the first floor, the … Continue reading

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Hot Springs National Park

November 4-12, 2018 Welcome to the Valley of the Vapors. Sought after and enjoyed by Native Americans, French Explorers and all who have come after. Here you will find fountains and springs spewing water that is heated by pressure deep … Continue reading

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NOTICE – batch posting

For those of you trying to follow us chronologically, we have just published posts covering July 24 through August 1st of 2018. You will need to scroll back through the posts to find them or jump to July 24 by … Continue reading

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Buffalo National River, Arkansas

November 1, 2018 We drove south for a few hours and snagged a campsite at Tyler Bend in the Buffalo National River in Arkansas. They don’t do reservations but with rain, cold, mid-week and no hookups, we figured it shouldn’t … Continue reading

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