I have several things I need to blog about so I'm going to post the best one today and save the others for the days following :o)
This past weekend we went to Eureka Springs, AR with our friends Michael and Misty. They had been planning to go for the Volkswagen car show & Jake and I had never been to Eureka Springs or Arkansas for that matter so we decided to go with them a few months back, Since our 2 year anniversary is coming up next month we thought of this as our Anniversary trip! So we left on Friday morning as soon as we dropped Ashley off for school, Ashley was going to her Dad's for the weekend and Mom had agreed to watch Abbey for us, We were child free! :o) On the map it showed ES to be about a 6 hour trip.. it took us 10 hours to get there.. Micheal was telling us how to get there and he took us what I like to call "the back way" never again.. LOL!!! BTW, on the way home I bought a map and chose my route and it took us 6 hours to get home :o) LOL!!
So anyway, the photo you see above was taken in Atoka, OK on our way up, The guys spotted this and wanted this silly pic, Turns out this is actually a smoker/BBQ grill! Awesome!
Here is what I worked on, on the way up in the car while Jake drove Halfway. DW Waltrip! My first one, I loved the way this turned out, Looks great with variegated yarn, I'll definitely be knitting this one again!
When we got in that evening we checked into our Hotel & went and had dinner at a very overpriced German/Czech Restaurant that was so/so. We did a drive thru of downtown, which was adorable, The roads were so narrow and winding but it was beautiful. It reminded me of the little ceramic Christmas villages people set up in their homes. So adorable..
On Saturday we did most of our site seeing, The VW show was early in the morning so we got there around 9am. I won't bore you with every picture I took because I took a lot. But here is an overview & then my favorite car and Jake is now in love with these trucks... Michael will completely convert us before it's over with...
After the VW show we headed to the trolley station to get passes and ride downtown for some shopping! It was even more adorable during the day and there were some fun shops downtown.. here is a photo of Jake and I downtown...
This is the photo of a women's bathroom in a club downtown called "The Wagon Wheel"the story is that this is supposedly one of the most photographed bathrooms. It was on Ripley's believe it or not at one time... A HUGE rock! So weird.. LOL!!
Walking thru downtown and checking out almost all of the shops and having lunch took us awhile, we got the best java chip mocha's fraps at a small coffee store downtown as well, very tasty, better than Starbucks even (yes you did read that right)
After downtown we headed to Quigley's Castle Please follow the link and read the lovely story of a very strong woman and her love of nature and wanting to bring it into her home... here are some pictures of the inside..
The house she built with her children, decorated by her beautiful rocks...
The plants/trees growing from the ground in the house on the first floor....
.. and all the way up to the second floor....
The trees made from her husbands bottles, 14 of them....
The Quigley Castle was so unique and there was just such a peacefulness about the place. I loved it there, It is maintained and taken care of by her Grandchildren and it seems they live there as well, Such a lovely place.. please go visit if your ever that way...
After that we headed back into town to look for dinner when we discovered this!! The worlds largest wind chime! In the Guinness book!! It actually made music! So cool!!
On Sunday we stopped by our last site seeing of the trip on our way out of town. This is called Thorncrown Chapel or AKA "The Glass Chapel" very peaceful and beautiful...
A shot of beautiful Eureka Springs and AR beyond, So pretty there...
and so that was our trip... we had a really good time, It felt great to get away and to have some time for just Jake & I.I'll leave you with something to laugh about.. our friend Mike is such a goofball and he is the worlds biggest VW nut, So here is what he wore to the VW show... LOL!! People kept stopping and taking pictures of him... it was too funny....
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