sherm363: September 13, Eureka Springs 2014

The Kaw Pasture offers biscuits and gravy, juices, coffee and pastries for breakfast.
We decided to go up to the Road House for a good healthy breakfast, but had to play with the dog first. This is the motel lobby.

After breakfast we drove to Berryville for some looking and shopping. Needed items to replace what I lost with my travel shaving kit the day before. It's harvest time in the Ozarks

Took turns getting our picture took

Fall Flowers. This Walmart shopping center had a Dollar Tree, a Salvation Army Thrift story (Sally's) and the Walmart all in one place, so I was able to get all we came for.

The Rexall is still open in the town square in Berryville. The locals call it "Bearville"

The town Square is pretty empty on a cold Saturday morning

Ohhh kay

Closed for the day

Classic picture. We went around the corner from here to the Saunder's Gun Museum. They said NO CAMERAS, so we left.

Pat has been a HOSPICE volunteer for several years. Now, between patients, she's been doing volunteer work at HALT (Help Animals Live Today) in Kingman. So, I thought I should buy something at the Humane Society Thrift store. A cup.

Jimmy's Guitar

Back at the motel, Lanny waits patiently while I check my mail, facebook, and get on my gear for a cold ride.

Our new friend. He's the owner of an Adventure Touring Motorcycle Accessory Store. LOTS of goodies inside!

We decided to visit Quigley's Castle. Interesting place.

Mrs. Quigley did all the rock work herself, her husband worked in a local lumber mill. She planted vegetables and flowers and did all the landscaping. She made a model of cardboard of her dream house, then they built it. Lived in it from 1943 until after the war to get glass for the windows. They just didn't have windows but still lived there. She could get her husband to start on the house, so she and the kids tore down the old house one day and moved into a chicken house. When he came home from work, she said, "Now, it time to start on my house" He did.

Arkansas Crystal

She traveled a lot and picked up rocks from everywhere. Every rock on the property used for decoration she picked up and placed herself. She died of a stroke at 74. She was also a diabetic

Her Seashell collection.

Elsie Quigley's granddaughter and her husband still live in the house. It's open to the public for tours.

The house is very clean. Two rooms are blocked off for the privacy of the couple living there..The Quigleys had 5 childern that were raised in this house

This Bougainvillea was one of the several original plants that are inside the house in an atrium that runs along the living room. It's over 70 years old and still bearing flowers

Mr. Quigley collected bottles. Mrs Quigley placed 14 Bottle Trees in the yards

The house was heated by a wood furnace. This old saw has cut up a lot of firewood

We picked a couple of pears that no one seemed to be using, since the ground was covered with windfalls. Very crisp and sweet. Lanny is taking a picture of his before chowing down on it. Mine was already gone. Core and all :-)

This was the outside "facility" before they put inside plumbing in the house.

We'll keep a watchful eye on the cows

Large pretty gold fish in this pond

After we left the Quigley House, we rode on down to the War Eagle Mill. A grist mill that has been in operation since 1832. It was destroyed once in the Civil War, then rebuilt. Then partially burned down and rebuilt again. It's been a store and community assembly building for many years. The water wheel turns the mill stones to grind meal and flour from the seeds the local farmers grow. They have lots of samples in the gift shop. Lanny fills a cracker with Jalepeno/Habenaro/Prickly Pear Jelly. His face tells the story.

I stuck to the milder Texas Fireworks hot dip.

"Mill wheel grinding" It's been doing this for years. There are several wheels used for decoration that have been ground down beyond use.

I think Lanny missed seeing these Suckers, or he'd have his saddle bag full.

Smallest sampling of Beans, Cornbread and coleslaw. It was good and filling.

This picture is for Pat. She'll know why :-)

Lots of goodies in the gift shop. All three stories have items for sale.

Some of the products that were made here on the grinding stone.

This water wheel powers the grinding wheel

Half a Busa. Whole Wing. One older Gentleman

Couple of used up grinding wheels

The wheel from the other side

A man walked across the bridge carrying this drone, it's controls, camera moniter, and a tripod. He set it up and was directing this flying camera all over the property. It has quite a range. He didn't like us taking pictures of it, but we didn't like him taking pictures of us either :-)

For our friends, Wayne and Gloria Blackburn back in Ohio

Across the river from the mill

Lanny trying to get a picture of the drone

We rode across the bridge just to hear the boards rattle. The first time Pat and I rode across it was in 1982 or 83. It wasn't nearly this good then! Loose boards with big gaps. Now, it's a piece of cake.

Lanny had never had corn pone, and very little catfish. Sweet pickled Green tomatoes, Slaw, Beans, Catfish, Mashed potatoes and Tarter sauce and sweet tea. I didn't eat, was still full from the samples at the Grist Mill.