Old Highway 86 Campground, Dogwood Canyon Nature Park, Ozark Cabins & RV, Thorncrown Chapel

 Saturday, April 6 - Friday, April 12, 2024

On Sunday, April 7 we drove to Old Highway 86 Campground in Blue Eye, MO for 4 nights.  It's a CoE park and the back of the trailer looked out over Table Rock Lake.  We had 50amp, water hookup and dump station.  For $12.50 a night it's a great deal!

On April 8 we went to Dogwood Canyon Nature Park.  The weather was wonderful and the park was beautiful!!!  We took the 2-hour tram tour when we first got there.  The 10am tour was full but we saw a couple of other tours that only had two or three people on them.  I guess we all wanted to get the tram tour done in time to have lunch and watch the eclipse. 

Tram

Chapel

Chapel Interior

Dogwood Creek

Covered Bridge built by the Pennsylvania Amish.  No power tools here!

This treehouse was built by Animal Planet's TV show Treehouse Masters.

God's creation is so beautiful!

Part of the tour is the wildlife area.  They have longhorn cattle, bison, and elk in this area, and they all get along together.

A curious little guy!

About the time we were done with lunch the eclipse had started.  We walked over to a clear area and waited.  It wasn't a total eclipse where we were, but it was close.  It was like twilight, but muted.  It got brighter faster than it got dark.  You can see the difference in the sunlight in the previous photos and the one below.

The next day was overcast and was supposed to rain but really didn't.  However, it was cold and rainy the following day and it was nice to stay in under a quilt with a book and a cup of tea in front of the fireplace.

We've had some windy days and Thursday, April 11 was no exception.  We drove on windy and windy roads to Ozark Cabins & RV near Eureka Springs for 3 nights, where we are now. They are a quiet family run campground with cabins and have full hookups, which we haven't had for a while.  Getting lots of laundry done!

Site #1

They allowed us to receive packages so we did an Amazon order for several things, one being the topper awning for the slide and the fabric for a new awning as the old one has holes in it.

This afternoon we went to Thorncrown Chapel near Eureka Springs.  It's a beautiful glass chapel that I've wanted to see ever since I saw a picture of it.  It didn't disappoint.

It is 48 feet tall, contains 425 windows and over 6,000 square feet of glass.  Since it opened in 1980 over 7,000,000 people have visited.  The architect, E. Fay Jones, was an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright.  It's just stunning.  The story of how it came to be is truly very interesting and inspirational, and you can real about it at www.thorncrownchapel.com.  We'll be at this campground until Sunday and then we'll be...

Roving on...

"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth".

Genesis 1:1