If your looking for information on the Ozarks and more specifically the Buffalo River area this is the spot where you need to stop. The Hillary Jones Wildlife Museum is run by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Helpful staff are available to provide all the information you crave on the local wildlife and […]
While doing some shopping in Hope, Arkansas we happened to pass by the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site and decided to stop in. Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States and served his term between January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001. He was born on August 19, […]
The Woodland Wildlife Trail can be found at the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge visitor center. It’s a flat 1/2 mile asphalt trail that circles the building. Along the trail are informational signs on the local wildlife and landscape which makes it an educational stroll for the kids as well. It’s a pretty walk through […]
One of my favorite places we have stayed at in our first year of traveling was the Dr. Lester Sitzes III Bois d’Arc Lake Wildlife Management Area. We loved it so much we stayed there in June and November. One of the reasons I love it so much is the incredible amount of wildlife that […]
While fishing on Lake Ouachita near Mount Ida, Arkansas we may have discovered an alien species. The solid gelatinous clear blob was lying on the shore and appeared to have a stick trapped in the middle upon closer inspection. Even though we knew better from all the horror movies we have watched we picked it […]
We spent months traveling in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana and never once saw an alligator in the wild. We even camped near places with water multiple times and were warned that gators lurked in their murky depths. Alas, the reptiles never revealed themselves to us. That all changed at our first boondocking camp in Arkansas. […]
Did you know there are tarantulas in Arkansas? Ok so we are camping on Lake Ouachita in Arkansas and this morning I was headed to the restrooms when I was stopped in my tracks by a little critter walking across my path. I turned around and went back to Frankenstein the pop-up to get […]
Public Service Announcement: BEWARE the walking stick invasion! While we were stuck at Sam’s Throne Campground trying to get Frankenstein fixed (that post is coming) we were invaded by walking sticks. Seriously I have never seen so many walking sticks in one place in all my life and these guys were huge. In our […]
