Monday/Tuesday

Monday morning we left Texarkana and headed for Hot Springs Village. We were going to visit a good friend of mine and his wife. He was my boss in the early 70's for a few years in New Mexico and again in the early 80's in Wisconsin. We had a great visit, talked about old Walgreen times for several hours. They fed us a fantastic meal. it was a real treat to spend the night at their beautiful home.
Tuesday morning it was off to Eureka Springs. We planned to drive rte 7, I'm not sure what we did but we got on rte 23 instead. It is also known as "the pig trail" because it is like s pig's tail.....windy is not even a close name. It was 20 mph to a high of 35 for miles and miles, about half way we found a road that headed straight west to the freeway, took that north and then rte 62 back east. We finally made it to Eureka Springs...what a trip!
I parked the deuce, got on the trolley and took that to the downtown area for lunch and some shopping. The whole town is built on sides of rocky mountains, windy, rough roads, twisting up and down.....pretty cool.
Found a hotel for the night. Tomorrow its off to Joplin. I will visit a friend's rod shop there. He has a 3w that is almost done for another friend of mine, need to check that out.