July 10---Another hot day at the Lake

Yep, the temperature hit 99 today. There was barely a breeze at times. It is good to have AC. We went to Pea Ridge this morning. I dropped Susan off at a quilt shop in town and I went back to the Pea Ridge Military National Park. I have been here before but was able to take my time today to wander around. They had a 45 minute film about the battle which was good. The rest of the tour is auto-tour with about eight stops. I have gone to a lot of civil war battlefields and my goal is  to see them all.  This one has a unique spot called the Elkhorn Tavern.  The Trail of Tears passed by here    in 1837.  The Butterfield Overland stage passed thru here in 1857-1861. It also was the site of the deciding battle of Pea Ridge. I went back to town and picked Susan up and we headed back home. We took a narrow back country rode which was a pretty drive.  We both took a little nap and did some reading. We heading in to Eureka Springs to eat supper before we went to the Ozark Mountain Hoe Down.  We saw a chopper fly by and we both wondered if it might be a life flight. We made a couple of miles and yes Hwy 62 was shut down. It has about a 4 mile run of steep winding curves on the way to town and somewhere there was a problem. I was able to turn around and we took an alternate extra 20 mile drive to town. We were actually eating in town when the highway opened up. We left and went to the Hoe Down show. We always come here every time we  are in this area. Its a good show. There wasn't a big crowd but we all had a good time.

Elkhorn Tavern

one of the battlefoelds 

Would like one of these

Susan found a friend