Thursday, June 15, 2006

 

25 Years and Counting

My bride of 25 years and I took an eight day vacation in Arkansas to celebrate our anniversary. We found a beautiful lodge in the Ozark Mountains that was so remote that the cell phone didn't work. It was great.... We took our time getting there (three days in total) which is something unusual for me. I usually drive like a bat out of hell to get from point A to point B, but this time we didn't rush. We stopped the first night in Texarkana.

The second night we stayed in Mount Magazine State Park in their new lodge. It had only been open for two weeks. Mount Magazine is the highest point in Arkansas. On our way there, we took a side trip to Queen Wilhelmina State Park to eat lunch at a lodge that my folks have frequented over the years. A group of motorcyclists rode up while we were there and when I asked where they were from one of the guys said he was from Katy, Texas. Who'd a guessed!!!

My lovely bride was gracious enough to let me take trailer my Road King up there so I spent one day riding through the mountains and a couple of other days I took a two hour sorte. I'll have to say that a BMW Sport Touring bike would have been a better fit for some of those mountain switch backs. One day we went to Eureka Springs to see the Passion Play. If you're up that way I would recommend carving out some time for the play. Most of the time we were there, we just took it easy. Our goal was to unwind and we succeeded. If you'd like to see pictures from our trip go to: http://tumphotos.blogspot.com/

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