We had a couple of red-letter occurrences while we were here in Harrison, AR. One was our purchase of gasoline at $2.99 a gallon, the cheapest gas we've ever bought for the RV. Bob was smiling all day, because no station we drove by after that was as cheap. (Those of you who know him well, know what a find this was. We used GasBuddy to find it.)
The second wonder in Harrison was that we got to shop at the local Wall Mart, which is store #2 (I presume the second one built). Now I know you're all impressed.
On Sunday we drove a loop of roads that went around the area of the Buffalo National River. The Buffalo River was actually the first river ever designated as a national river. This means that no dams or other development may be done to the river. It's really a beautiful part of the Ozarks. We couldn't get to walk on any of the trails or access the river by road, because the government shut down has the park and it's roads closed. I copied the picture below from the Internet so you could see what the area looks like.
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| A borrowed picture of the Buffalo River |
We also drove through Jasper, AR. We walked around the court house, which was built as a WPA project (as you might be able to see on the plaque by the door). Can you see Emma's Teradon on the railing next to me? We made sure he/she went along for the sightseeing. (We'll have to ask Emma if it's a boy or a girl. We don't know.)
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| Linda and Teradon at the Newton County Courthouse |
In Jasper there was this funky junk shop (pictured below) that we visited. Bob found absolutely nothing that he wanted, but Linda bought a bell for her collection. It had come from an amusement park that is now defunct, but was just done the road. It was themed after the Lil' Abner cartoon and was later called Dogpatch, AR. This is a bell from Dogpatch. It will always remind me of the area.
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| Emma's Junk Museum |
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