Sujo's Lodge Calico Rock

... his mother lived to over 100 and never used glasses , she jus drank out of a mug! Also told about two highway patrolman havin a slow day, they decided to pickup the first person that went by. The guy was driving perfect, not to fast, changing lanes properly, everything was perfect. They stopped him to let him know what a great driver he was. He said I know , you have to drive perfect when your crocked!!!

... zebra cloth turned to Snuggie, and he himself dozed through all of Illinois, waking briefly to what he thought was lightning, (although it was only Chelsea snapping a photo for future blackmail purposes.)

Making it just to the Illinois/Missouri border, Nick and Chels relied on their trusty road companion, Delores, to guide them to the local K-Mart to purchase a mechanism designed to produce jams from an i-Pod, to the speakers of the car.

Mountain Home, Arkansas, United States nickandchels

Spent the day in the caverns. Took 2 tours - Discovery and Dripstone trails. Strolled through large, beautifully lighted rooms with handrails and paved trails where we saw glistening formations like stalactites, stalagmites, columns and where flowstones are still changing. These crystalline formations are the result of minerals deposited by dripping water.

Music is an integral part of Mountain View culture. Daily musicians gather around the Courthouse square for impromptu jam sessions - folk style. People bring their own instruments and join in.Enjoyed the Irish Step Dancers at the famous Ozark Folk Center.

Moved to a farm in an old school bus. No house on the farm. Lived in the bus until my dad built 2 shacks and an outhouse. Took a bath once a week in a big metal wash tup and shared the water with my 2 brothers and sister. 1 at a time of course while the others held up a sheet so the cars passingby on the dirt road couldn't see us.

After a long day of driving, we finally made it to Arkansas. Our first stop was to eat at Fred's Fish House. They are known for their fried cat-fish. I'm not much of a fish eater, but even I had to admit that it was good. I ordered the coconut shrimp which was also excellent. We then checked into our hotel, which had a great view of Norfork Lake. The hotel we ...

... preserves, embroidered aprons and all sorts of kitschy stuff. People were not friendly and seemed to look at us with suspicion, not sure what's happened to the Southern hospitality coz it certainly wasn't here .. "Get us outa here Mrs G and Goldy!" The country side was spectacular, with magnificent sparkling lakes nestled in valleys, everywhere has RV parks (heaps of Winnebago style campers and decked out buses on the roads) and this area is a fishing paradise - and has bears in the ...

... it's sultry here. I will have stories to tell once I return, I just had to outrun my first dog today, better than coffee. Until my return, Pedro p.s. I will update my placement on the map just know photos or words, as I must conserve what little energy i have left.

After a very long two days of fun and excitement, it was time to head back to Camp Green Lane and reality, I woke everyone up with a 8.00am wake-up call and I paid the Hotel which was $989.00 for the total of 4 rooms and 2 nights each room, which worked out to be $43 each person for both nights, pretty good I thought for a 5 Star Hotel. So I paid the bill and checkout of the Hotel Tropicana, and meet everyone in the lobby where we trained back on the 10.48am train to Philadelphia get ...

It's amazing what traffic will due to travel plans. We had planned to take I-44 across Missouri but the cars were backed up for miles. The joy of traveling without any real goal is that you can always make quick changes. So we did. We took a small back road down into Arkansas and then decided to take Hwy 62 across the northern part of the ...