Eureka!

April 3, 2007  |  Journeys

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Spring is a great time to visit Eureka Springs. Flowers are bursting out everywhere, so we took the first weekend off since the ice storm and spent some time at Cliff Cottage Inn B&B. We stayed in a turquoise Victorian house that was built around two turns of a century ago, as one of Sears first kit homes — delivered by train in forty boxes for the mayor of Eureka Springs.

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Like my home town, Eureka is hilly, so it was a struggle to get our bikes to the top, but wonderful to sail down…past all the quirky little houses built on the edge of nothing, filled with lots of interesting characters, shops, and artist studios.

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Then another day in Dogwood Canyon where the red buds and dogwood are just beginning to bloom. It’s highly manicured, with more waterfalls and caves than is natural, but stil a great getaway.


5 Comments


  1. beautiful scene ︿_︿,

  2. Oh, it is beautiful. I love the little yellow house and it looks so nice and warm. We’re the one with the cold weather and ice now, but not as bad as you had it.

  3. I love Eureka Springs. It must have been beautiful. I hope they didn’t get the freeze that we got!

  4. What a beautiful setting for some well-deserved R & R, I long for the days when I could pedal up a pretty decent hill. In Jackson Hole, you can ride to the sky and roll to the hole.

  5. What a delightful little cottage to stay in! Looks beautiful there.