I agree with everything you said Terry, almost. The park is about 15 miles east of 259, not two. It's a long drive down a beautiful road. I have been going up on that mountain since 1954, when I saw the ruins of the original lodge. Was rebuilt sometime after that and then burned in the 60s to again be rebuilt. Bev and I have, for the past 3 years, left Thursday about noon, toured up to the Queen Wilhemena lodge and spent the night. It's about 1/2 way to Eureka and makes the cruise into Eureka on Friday a pleasent drive. Terry, you and I must be a lot alike. We obviously both like that mountain and the lodge and we also agree on Mission Tejas State park (one of the neatest places to camp in Texas). And of course we are also both old and drive buses. --- On Sun, 7/24/11, theresabuckner@xxxxxxx <theresabuckner@xxxxxxx> wrote: From: theresabuckner@xxxxxxx <theresabuckner@xxxxxxx> Subject: [tcb] Re: Eureka Springs? To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, July 24, 2011, 10:48 AM Duncan ride to McAlister Ok & go east from taliheina up the talimena dr ( one of the top drives in the country ) to Queen Wilamena State park . They have an awsome motel/hotel there ( semi cheap ) . You ride on top of a ridge & able to see for many miles either direction . The park is just a couple of miles east of hwy 259 ( north route to Ft Smith Ak ) Well worth the trip / time . Terry -----Original Message----- From: Duncan <whocanduncan1@xxxxxxxxx> To: TCB <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sun, Jul 24, 2011 12:56 am Subject: [tcb] Re: Eureka Springs? She made plans to join the family for a get together in Myrtle Beach same time as ES. None of them drive VWs either. Huh! (he sez huffily) Looks like I'm a dog on the loose again. BUT I promise to behave. Somewhat. Now I'm not sure how or when I'll go. I've always wanted to camp in the Telahaminis (sp?) and ride those roads on the bike. Top of the mountain might make a nice base camp for a day or two. Or I might just work til the last minute. (Gasp!) What day are the Blues leaving? Sent from my BlackBerry® From: "chuck" <sukchew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sender: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:21:55 -0500 To: <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ReplyTo: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [tcb] Re: Eureka Springs? Take two aspirin and call me tomorrow.I have paint questions.You and Cindy should come up so we can make plans. oleblue ----- Original Message ----- From: J Duncan To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 4:32 PM Subject: [tcb] Re: Eureka Springs? Okay. Whew. You know how confused I get. Denise was talking about last night's weather and Paul said he was on his way up. . .I thought I missed the show.