We are heading to the Ozarks for our 2nd Annual Epic Road Trip Adventure

Day 1: Sunday, 8/20/23
We had 7 cars meet us in Cookeville for this awesome adventure. Our first stop was Hawthorn Hill & Wynnewood State Historic Site. These were very nicely restored. The largest, Wynnewood, was an 1828 Inn, the largest existing log structure in TN. We then traversed our way over to Paris, TN for a quick stop at the Eiffel Tower.

Day 2: Monday, 8/21/23
This day was all about traveling to our final destination, Harrison, AK. However, we did make a stop at Reelfoot Lake Visitor’s Center for some up close viewing of wildlife and an informative discussion with a Ranger.

Day 3: Tuesday, 8/22/23
We had a beautiful ride in the morning then enjoyed some sightseeing in the afternoon. Thorncrown Chapel was beautiful, Christ of the Ozarks was huge, and the Eureka Springs Tram Tour was very informative. It provided us the opportunity to view some residential areas and the downtown area of Eureka Springs without trying to navigate on the narrow streets. It’s very obvious that Eureka Springs is an older, well cared for town.

Day 4: Wednesday, 8/23/23
Our first stop this morning was the Grand Canyon of Arkansas. It was an awesome site to behold. In the afternoon, we visited the Buffalo River Historic Jail & Museum. The Marshall, AR Chamber of Commerce representative was very happy to educate us about this interesting facility.

Day 5: Thursday, 8/24/23
Another scenic ride in the morning, and sightseeing in the afternoon. We visited the Walmart Museum right after lunch and finished the day at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. There are some very old paintings as well as current abstract art. The museum has spent the time and money to relocate a Frank Lloyd Wright house to their facility. They are also in the process of doubling the size of the museum, which is already quite large and free to the public.

Day 6: Friday, 8/25/23
This was our last day to view the beautiful countryside of the Ozarks so that’s exactly what we did. It was the most scenic ride of the whole trip.

I haven’t mentioned the food because we ate at some delicious restaurants every day. There was everything from BBQ, Fish, Steak, Pizza, Mexican, Italian, and Greek.

As we’ve said before, our thanks go out to Roger and Kathy for all of their hard work in organizing this event.

Thanks to Jerry and Marsha for leading and the photos!