I was revisiting some past photo folders on the PC today and ran across the photos from the last road trip my son and I took to Arkansas a couple of years ago. There were some pretty decent pics in there, so I decided to share a few. We took a long weekend in mid-September and loaded up our XVS1300s, pointed them in a southeasterly direction, and set out with Eureka Springs as our destination. The weather was, for the most part, cooperative, though the daytime highs were kinda hot. The return trip home was on a 90-plus degree day with only light winds which meant a major insect slaughter-fest. Ugh! The bike cleanup afterwards was rather unpleasant, but I suppose that's a small price to pay for a great long weekend of riding.
View attachment 225483Baxter Springs, Kansas on old Route 66. This vintage Phillips 66 station serves now as the Route 66 visitor center in the town. The front silver bike belongs to my son - red one is mine.
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Waylan's Ku Ku in Miami, Oklahoma on Route 66. It's the only remaining one left of a once thriving chain of hamburger joints in the midwest.
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Our motel in Eureka Springs - Edelweiss Inn - reasonably priced with a great Italian restaurant across the parking lot.
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Low Gap Cafe - a really great place to eat between Jasper and Ponca - kind of in the middle of nowhere.
The next few images are from Withrow Springs State Park - on our way back to Eureka Springs from Low Gap.
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On a 90 something degree afternoon, a splash of cold spring water felt really good - Mike took advantage of it.
The next day's journey would take us on a round-about route to War Eagle Mill. The first stop was in Berryville, at the historic town square.
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From Berryville, our route headed south toward AR412 - then west to state route 63 - the back way into War Eagle. Going this way, one has to cross the bridge over War Eagle Creek to get to the mill.
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The mill itself is a working stone burr grist mill that produces a wide variety of stone ground products available at the mill, numerous stores in the area, and online - good stuff!
We had a great trip - great places to eat - overall decent weather - and the roads and scenery of NW Arkansas are fantastic. I managed to scrape the floorboards a few times - opportunities we do not often get here in south central Kansas.