4th Annual Mother/Daughter Weekend

Living area of cabin

Our cute little kitchen!

We headed out Friday when the girls got off work...about 4:30.  It was a long drive, but we finally arrived at our cabin in Eureka Springs around 1:00 a.m.  Paula had been there several hours already and was settled in.  The cabin was great...cute, cozy and clean!

exterior view of Quigley's Castle

The upstairs "butterfly wall".  (She even raised her own moths!)

After a good night's sleep and a hearty breakfast cooked in our little kitchen, we headed into town for the sights.  The first stop on our itinerary was Quigley's Castle...a must-see in our opinion.  It was built by a woman named Elsie Quigley using the rocks she loved from her place.  Her goal was to bring nature inside and she certainly achieved those results!  All four sides of her house had huge windows so she could have plants growing from the native soil of the first floor...all the way to the ceiling of the second floor.  She was an amazingly industrious woman!

After touring "the castle" and the gardens and grounds surrounding it, we headed downtown to shop and see the sights.  We FINALLY were able to find a place to park...about 1/2 mile from the downtown area.  (It was Corvette weekend and the town was FULL!)

We walked for hours, enjoying the quaint shops and eying the beautiful architecture and gardens, as well as the natural beauty of the town.  


That evening, after supper and a cutthroat game of 3/14, we went on a "Haunted Hayride".  After much laughter, screams and more laughter we headed back to the cabin for a late-night movie and then bed.


Sunday morning we drove to Harrison to worship with the congregation there.  It was good to see Kenneth and hear him speak.  After services, we visited awhile with Kelli, Trey and Cara (Ken was speaking in Hot Springs).  Then we started back towards Eureka, via War Eagle Caverns on Beaver Lake.  After a guided tour through the cavern and a couple of close-encounters with the native bats (although not as close as we were made to believe), we made a quick stop at War Eagle Mill and then back to Eureka.  After an amazing supper at Casa Colina, we went back to the cabin for a rousing game of Balderdash, an evening of "Enchanted", some poetic journal writing, and then bedtime.

After sleeping in Monday morning, we tidied up the cabin, packed our belongings and reluctantly left our little cabin.  One final stop at Thorncrown Chapel...a glass cathedral overlooking the beautiful Ozark mountains...lunch in Alma...then a parting of our ways with Paula.  As always, we thoroughly enjoyed our time together and look forward to next year!


Pr 18:24 ¶ A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.