March 12, 2025
Cruiser’s, Mena, Arkansas
Cruiser’s is a drive in hamburger joint with ice cream choices. Ordering is out of your automobile, however there are some tables to take a seat there after your order arrives (we did).
I ordered a banana break up which got here with three sections of soppy vanilla – one with pineapple topping, one with chocolate topping and one with strawberry topping, It was not a big sundae, so I simply completed it. The ice cream was superb for one thing candy after dinner, which is what’s what itis supposed for.
Within the area- the mountains of Arkansas are actually stunning and I’m glad we obtained to expertise them. I additionally embrace a cease we made in Oklahoma.
Queen Wilhelmina State Park, Mina, Arkansas – named after Queen Wiihelmina of the Netherlands, this park supplies beautiful views of the Arkansas Ouachita Mountains. It has good strolling paths and a little bit seasonal practice that was not operating now. It was very enjoyable sitting by the lodge and having fun with the surroundings. We determined to remain in a single day right here so we may benefit from the dawn and sundown over the mountains,
Lake Wilhelmina, Mina, Arkansas – once we arrived in Arkansas, we shortly realized that catfish was a regional favourite – we discovered it to be an extremely easy white fish and actually beloved it. We learn that Lake Wilhelmina had a catfish fish hatchery, so we needed to examine.
The distant lake had aerator pipes, coloured tubes and different such issues protruding of the water, and land round it. Nothing was operating, so we couldn’t inform if it was the improper season, or if the hatchery was not used, nevertheless it was an intriguing go to
Garvan Woodland Gardens, Sizzling Springs, Arkansas – A part of the College of Arkansas, these stunning gardens include loads of impeccably groomed gardens, inventive landscaping, lake views, fascinating bridges and stone steps. It is a enjoyable place to spend a couple of hours trying round and exploring.
We visited in early spring so flowers have been simply starting to bIoom and it was evident {that a} super quantity of labor was put into making the gardens stunning. I’d like to see the way it modified all through completely different seasons. Examine the associated fee on line earlier than you go.
There’s a beautiful chapel that may be visited with no charge that’s used for completely charming weddings and different occasions. I feel if I went to a marriage there, I’d be having fun with the surroundings and structure a lot that I’d miss the marriage!
Heavener Runestone Park, Heavener, Oklahoma – a Runestone refers to a stone with inscriptions from Scandinavian folks of way back. This park has one of many few Runestones present in Oklahoma – believed to have been inscribed by the Vikings earlier than there was an Oklahoma. Entry to the stone is both by a protracted path that means that you can see a lot of the park, or by a shorter path that leads on to a protecting constructing housing the stone. We selected the quick path (as a consequence of time constraints and my insecurities with a damaged wrist), which was scenic with fascinating rock work. People we met taking the lengthy path mentioned it was a difficult hike, they usually beloved it. There have been informational boards giving data from consultants in Runestones (I assume there are consultants in every part!)
