It was fun. It was relaxing. It was needed. It's gone!
Well we started out rushing around Saturday morning to get out of town. Finally got on the road, made a stop by my Mom's for my HUGE cup and then got some gas and snacks and headed out... We made a stop at the World's Largest McDonald's and kept on going. We listened to music, talked, laughed, and had a good time.
We drove through MO and into AR and then into the small town of Yellville, AR. We arrived in Yellville about 4:15p and we had about 14 more miles to go to the lodge. Arrived at the lodge and met the owners and they took us on a tour of the lodge and grounds. We paid for our reservation and unloaded the truck and settled in some. Took a walk around the grounds and then decided we were going to head into Yellville to go to the store to get some food to cookout with...
(our room)
(the main deck on the back side)
(the grounds looking from the main deck)
(the lodge from the backside)
(the gazebo/cooking area)
Into town we went and went to the grocery store... Bought a small ice chest, ice, steaks, potatoes, corn, and BBQ sauce. Picked me up some new clogs and to the Beer Barn (yes that was the name) we went... Got some AR 6-point beer, wine coolers and wine for me and ice and packed it in and headed back to the lodge. The lodge had a charcoal grill out under the gazebo and so we grilled. We had the meat, potatoes (wrapped in foil and onto the grill), and corn on the cob (wrapped in foil and onto the grill) and we drank wine and beer, relaxed, and waited on the food.
We had NO seasoning for the meat (we didn't buy any on purpose), no butter, sour cream, cheese or anything for the potatoes or corn... We had BBQ for it all... But it was actually GREAT food. The meat was tender, the potatoes were great (little BBQ sauce for taste), and the corn was so sweet. Sometimes we take the small things for granted. We always think we need to marinate, cover the taste with other things, etc...
We sat outside for awhile while this fire burned and then we headed back into our room...
We played Jenga...
And then we headed into our hot tub...
(this was in our room - perfect, right?)
The night was very relaxing. We sat in the hot tub, drank some drinks, watched some TV, and just talked...
Bed time...
We woke up the next morning and had breakfast...
(blueberry pancakes, sausage, and strawberry yogurt, with orange juice)
Breakfast was great, we then showered, got around, packed, and loaded up (bought some shirts as reminders) and started our adventure... We headed into Rush, AR which was only a few miles away. It's considered a Ghost Town...
Here are a few of the houses and buildings in the town...
(the General Store)
(house)
We continued on to the lake, Buffalo River National River, and looked around and made a couple more stops and then we went back towards town, filled up with gas, and headed towards home... We took the back way home and went into Siloam Springs, AR...
We stopped there and got the kids some things...
The older two a cool sprinkler, Preslee a pool, the older kids some sand shovels and buckets for their sand box, and Preslee a sock monkey and then we made one last pit stop at Dickey's BBQ Pit for lunch...
They have GREAT food so if you are ever in Siloam Springs, AR make a stop here... We both got 2 meat plates:
Me: polish sausage, sliced brisket, coleslaw, onion tanglers, roll, and a drink
Albert: polish sausage, pulled pork, baked beans, waffle fries, roll, and a drink
They serve ice cream to everyone... It was less than $25 for everything... Great food, great taste, not a bad price for a lot of food... Anyways... We headed on into Sand Springs and picked up our kiddos and then homeward bound we were...
Our anniversary weekend was great...
Oh yeah... This was a sign at the lodge that I LOVED...
