Wegner Quartz Crystal Mine
Quartz is big in Arkansas. I had no idea how big. There are commercial mines and find-your-own tourist mines. Out of the several touristy mines, Wegner Quartz Crystal Mine had […]
Category Archives: Arkansas
Ouachita National Forest
Ouachita National Forest is the other, lesser known, national forest in Arkansas. It isn’t as famous as the Ozarks. Maybe because no one knows how to pronounce it. Lake Ouachita […]
Crater of Diamonds State Park
The Crater of Diamonds State Park is the entire reason we came to Arkansas. I had found out about this place while looking up gemstones. It is the only place […]
Hot Springs National Park
“Now lean forward, and I’ll scrub your back,” Sarah said. I am sitting half naked in a century old bathtub filled with natural spring water. I lean forward and Sarah […]
Thorncrown Chapel
I sit in a pew and stare at nature through the glass walls of the Thorncrown Chapel, a tiny building deep in the Arkansas woods. It’s beautiful. But something is […]
Ozark – St. Francis National Forest
Why is it we never hear anything about Arkansas? That question prompted me to looking into the state. And I may have discovered why no one talks about it much. […]
Louise and Claire 