Next time, combine all your questions into one. Thanks!

Eureka Springs is super nice, and there are lots of good places to eat plus cute little B&B’s there. www.eurekasprings.com

There are a lot of great things to do… it depends on what you find interesting. If you love the water, then the Buffalo River is a great float. If you want some interesting towns, I would recommend, Calico Rock, Hardy, Mammoth Springs, Yellville (which is close to the Buffalo) and the towns are known for antiquing and small town hospitality. Anything in particular about any of these towns? Or are you looking more southern in the state?

I’ll try and help if I can! Aneisha

Yes, combining all questions into one is considerate, as some of us have each question going to our mailbox. Thanks.

Now, here are some of my favourites: Clarksville, AR, and the nearby Subiaco Monastery. I enjoyed morning Mass, which I think is either at 06:00 or 08:00. I don’t know but imagine Sunday morning Mass might be a pleasant way to highlight the morning and start the day.

The Boston Mountains are known for being rather remote, these as well as the Ouichita, which are closer to Little Rock, have many interesting little hill communities. There are remnants of a Native American, or First Peoples, in the Ouichita.

Fort Smith is known for the legends and history of the Hanging Judge.

Hot Springs has as its name suggests, thermal waters, but also horse racing.

On Interstate 40, halfway from Memphis to Little Rock, is Nick’s Catfish. I disremember which Exit, but I do recall it’s some of the best catfish you’ll ever eat! Wash it down with some root beer, or enjoy a “Co’Cola.” By the way, folks down here call every carbonated drink “Coke” whether it’s Coke or not. Some of the hill people MIGHT say “soda pop,” but it’s unusual.

If you get as far as the Texas state line, a visit to Texarkana is a must if you want to get a total Arkansas experience. My recollections are of the gritty “border town” which combined the best and the worst of both states, including bootleggers, rum-runners, and roach-infested motels.

Have you acquired a Lonely Planet or Rough Guide? I don’t know if they have one on Arkansas. Let me know if they don’t.

• Dogpatch, U.S.A. In the heart of the beautiful Ozark mountains

• Eureka Springs—they have a (yearly, I think) passion play similar to some places in Europe

• Siloam Springs, Hot Springs, Cave Springs, etc. etc. Yup, lots of little towns with springs!

I second almost everything. Hot springs is lovely as well as eureka springs. some of my favorite small towns. I was raised in siloam, and love it there too. There is a very nice B&B just outside of siloam in a little town called Gentry, you should be able to find it in a phone book. There is a wonderful tiny museum about siloam history.. and john brown university.if you go to siloam, of course, you have to eat at a drive-up called Barnett’s. The Carrol’s own it, and have been running it for 10 years now, but I knew the original owners too. There is a community theater there attached to the First United Methodist Church, downtown that may have shows going on, and there used to be a great coffee shop called “deja vu” that my friends owned. fun hole in the wall place. any more questions just ask. I also strongly suggest visiting Eureka springs and Hot springs. you will not get a more authentic (if not a little touristy) arkansas experience. if you want to visit parks, I recomend devil’s den in the ozarks, or lake degray, or beaver lake. you may also check out war eagle mill and the roaring river just to the north of the arkansas/missouri border.
alrighty then. have fun!

there is NO SUCH WORD AS disremember!!! That is some lame ass Bushonese or something, just say you cannot, can’t, don’t remember. geeze…lol

Hot Springs, Little Rock, Pike’s Peak, a little town that you’d prolly like is Nashville, Arkansas. Very small town a few hours from Texarkana. My brother used to live there and I stayed with him several summers. I am not sure how much they have progressed since my last visit but they were a dry county, didn’t have mtv (not that it is music television anymore anyway), had a main street named Main Street, getting a walmart was a historical event, and they had a Tastee Freeze (John Cougar Mellancamp sings about those in “Jack & Diane”):

Jack & Diane

Written by: John Mellencamp

Little ditty about Jack and Diane
2 American kids growin up in the heartland
Jacky’s gonna be a football star
Diane debutante backseat of Jacky’s car

Suckin’ on a chili dog outside the TASTEE FREEZE
Diane’s sittin’ on Jacky’s lap
He’s got his hand between her knees
Jacky say “Hey Diane lets run off
Behind a shady tree”
Dribble off those Bobby Brooks
Let me do what I please.
And Jacky Say

Oh yeah life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone
Oh yeah say life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone, they walk on

Jacky sits back reflects his thoughts for the moment
Scratches his head and does his best James Dean.
Well you know Diane, we oughtta run of the city
Diane says “Baby, you aint missin’ no-thing”
Jacky say a

Chorus

Gonna let it rock
Let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come down
And Save My soul
Hold on to 16 as long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men

Little ditty about Jack and Diane
Two American kids doing the best they can

:)

I’ve been all through Arkansas, hiking, camping, road trippin’ but that was years ago, just get a map and have fun!:)
hope I helped

L8R,

Jason

alrighty then, if you’re gonna try to get to siloam, you should order a burger and an order of their fries (HUGE!) their cheese stix are good, and of course a soft serve ice cream of some sort. as for the tasty freez, they have one in that small town just outside of siloam called gentry, (on the same road just past the b&b I mentioned!). as for festivals, you may be able to catch some craft fairs in the area, there is one in bentonville ar, maybe one at war eagle mill… (speaking of, great place to visit even if they don’t have a craft fair going on!) the grape festival is sometime around then I think, in tontitown (a great italian community, and if you go there, eat at the venitian inn) umm.. lets see.. oh yes. devils den does offer great trails, rock climbing, rapelling, camping and spelunking (sp?)
I don’t remember if I mentioned mountain home? they have a great music festival at somepoint during the year.
all the places I mentioned in this post are (relatively) close to eureka springs, so you should have some good luck with at least one of the towns! (I’d say everything is within about 1 hour from eureka!)
good luck and have fun!

Mountain View in the Ozarks is great. It is the “folk music capital of the world” or something like that. We were there on Saturday, and people gather around the town square and play banjos, fiddles and guitars. It really is a small town atmosphere. Also an old fashioned soda shop still in business. It is close to Blanchard Springs Cavern, a nice cave system, and the Ozark Folk Center. Also for great views, drive down Scenic Highway 7.