HOT SPRINGS, BUMPY ROADS, AND SERENE LAKE CATHERINE Just outside of Little Rock lies the old town of Hot Springs, Arkansas, one of our 63 National Parks that is completely […]
Read MoreLake Catherine State Park, Hot Springs AR
This campground offers nice, wide-open lakefront sites, with full hookups (power, water, sewer). The utilities were generally reliable, though we found the water pressure to be a bit weak. The most […]
Read MorePondering Progress: The Pull of the Past in a Forward-Moving World
Here’s a question for you ponderers out there…would you rather see something from the past, learn its history and stories, or visit something new and innovative and perhaps catch a […]
Read MoreTHE LORRAINE AND MARTIN STORY
The date was April 4, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped out of room 306 and onto the front balcony of The Lorraine Hotel. He spoke a few words […]
Read MoreT.O. Fuller State Park, Memphis, TN
As far as state parks go, this one falls on the lower end of the scale. The campground is small and offers limited amenities—no hiking or biking trails, no ball […]
Read MoreBBQ, Blues, and a Bit of a Letdown in Memphis, TN
It is a rainy Saturday, and we are now in Memphis, TN. We went downtown last night after getting into this older state campground, T.O. Fuller. After experiencing such a […]
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