SFO Day 3, 5-1-09

On this day we went for a group ride through rural Arkansas. It was John and I, Mike and his friend Lawrence, both from Kansas, and another guy, sorry I can't remember his name. We left Eureka Springs and headed south. We took rural roads through towns like Forum, Witter, Red Star. Through the Ozark National Forrest. I think it was the town of Ozone where there were houses with Rebel flags in the windows as curtains. There were new, big, brick houses right next to houses that were built in the 30's that probably hadn't been painted in 30 years... It was interesting! We continued south and stopped at a gas station outside of Clarksville.


After a quick stop for a pop, we continued east and north. Up through Dillen, Nail, Swain. We stopped for lunch at a little cafe in the town of Deere.


In the cafe was a nice old gentleman that asked us about our bikes and where we were from. He told us a story of how during WWII he told himself that if he ever got home to Newton County, he would never leave again. He said he kept his word. I find it hard to believe that he wouldn't have left the county in over 60+ years...

After lunch we headed back up to Eureka Springs. There sure is a lot of beautiful scenery in Arkansas. Both John and I said that we'd like to come back down here and ride some more.


I wish I had taken more pictures that day.