Hey Mc, I'm a Rockhound too! DH & I belong to the Lapidary Club in Evansville, IN. I polish stones and DH does silverwork. I love those crystals!! Penny

Greta, I hope it works for you too. Teas & chinas are habit-forming for sure. Pam, we did have a very good time. Terry, the mountain / valley shots were taken atop Mount Magazine in western Arkansas. It's not far from Paris, Arkansas. We spend almost every spring break in Eureka Springs, just a stone's throw from Missouri. I also love Hot Springs, and have been there many times. I drove through Pocahontas one time when I was a kid ... I'm not as familiar with that part of the state (the eastern part). The western half of the state, I know well. I'm glad the pics brought back memories of spending time with your grandparents. 30+ years is just a blink of an eye, when you have memories that good :-) Randy

Beautiful pictures.....I had to look you up on the map to find Mt. Magazine. Wow, you got more than we did. We got zip last night. It is now snowing a very fine snow and they have dropped our predictions way down from 10" to 1". Glad they missed it this time. Hope you didn't have any power outages.

Yikes! $500 for dinner? It may be too grand! Doesn't look like a direct flight from nyc, anyway, so something of a hassle to get there. If anyone's reading this who has other ideas, please do bring 'em on! For those familiar with NY, is the Hotel Mohunk in the Hudson River Valley mostly for families, or appropriate for a romantic getaway, too? I need to ask on another post, i suppose. TIA again, though!