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State Parks Day Trip
For Rebecca's birthday "experience" this year, we decided on a day trip to add three more state parks to our passport books.
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Ouachita National Forest
Our recent Sunday afternoon drive took us through the Ouachita National Forest.
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Mount Magazine
Our Sunday afternoon drive took us to Mount Magazine State Park this week. We always enjoy the drive and stopping at pullouts to take in the view.
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Prairie Grove Battlefield
On Sunday afternoon, we visited Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park with some friends.
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Route 66, Oklahoma: Part 1
Laura was here for a few days during Christmas week. She flew into Tulsa on Christmas Eve and then back out on Thursday evening. We decided to make Thursday a family adventure day as we took the long way to the airport. Buc-ee’s Springfield Our first detour took us to the new Buc-ee’s store in Springfield, Missouri. This was the…
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Ozark Mountain Getaway
Since we live in a remote area in the Ozark Mountains it seems a little redundant for us to go stay in a remote Ozark Mountain cabin. But that's just what we did this past weekend.
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Ozark Folk Center
A few weeks ago, in celebration of Rebecca's birthday, her dad and I took her to Ozark Folk Center State Park near Mountain View, Arkansas. Being about 3 hours away it was a day trip for us.
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Route 66, Missouri: Part 1
Exactly two years ago, we traversed the Illinois portion of historic Route 66 westbound from Chicago to St. Louis. We decided to cover the Kansas and Missouri sections this weekend, traveling eastbound.
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Lake Fort Smith and Devil’s Den
Rebecca and I are participating in the Arkansas State Parks passport program. Today we visited the two state parks closest to home.