We went to Arkansas for the 2024 eclipse. Morrilton had some issues so we went to Russelville and let me tell you what, it is a beautiful city. Then we went home through the southern Ozarks and the scenery is phenomenal. In fact, I am going to get an Eastern Redbud to put in our front yard. Why wouldn’t it do great on Colorado’s Front Range?
If our kids do as they threaten and move to Louisiana, I would not be sad if we moved to that area to be close to the grandkids. So you might all see in a decade a thread here titled “Beck and the bad, bad, bad neighbor.”
It is beautiful and that’s why I always returned after living in other states.
Northern Arkansas is in the Ozarks and very pretty. Walmart HQ and the University of Arkansas are near the Oklahoma and Missouri borders. Quick access to those states.
I grew up in Southern Arkansas. 20 miles from the Louisiana border. The economy and population has declined significantly since I graduated high school. But recent discovery of Lithium should revitalize the area
Fayetteville is always threatening to be the next Boise or Austin or something, get real estate before you can’t.
I grew up in NW Arkansas. It is a beautiful area, and I wouldnt mind heading back. The only problem to me is heat in late summer. It can be brutal. There are several great lakes in the area, some attractions near by. All in all, a very good place to live.
Oh.
Good.
Come on down. I’ll be glad to put up with…I mean …put you up.
Arkansas can be beautiful. You may have seen the best we have, tho’.
South Arkansas does not have the Grandeur of the Ozarks.
The bayous are pretty, dangerous but beautiful, in a wild untouched way. Lots and lots of trees. Pine trees mostly. Lots of kudzu.
The roads are bad the further off main drags.
Amenities, as in restaurants and fancy hotels are not prevalent that most people expect. Small poor towns dot the map.
The small lakes and rivers are nice to look at. Unless you sport fish you really can’t enjoy them any further. Except around Hot Springs.
Again, come on down. Arkansas is worth seeing.
It’s not so bad, bad, bad. Afterall, I’m here☺️
Certainly the prime reason I’d go!
You won’t be disappointed even if you were inspired to go from the Georgia filming locations of The Ozarks.
You get the best room, when you come visit.
(The Siamese like it alot, I hope you’re not allergic 
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I know one person who said that the woods in Arkansas were so beautiful in the spring that it was a good thing that God included ticks. That if the ticks weren’t raining down, she’d walk through the woods all day and not get anything done.
They don’t actually rain down. It comes from below, in my experience.
As do chiggers, redbugs and anything creepy crawly.
Snakes don’t hang from trees.
Bears don’t attack you out of spite or hunger, they might attack but it’s usually to protect cubs.
The deer on the highway could very well kill/maim you. They cause innumerable accidents every year.
And feral hogs are dangerous if you walk in the woods. The blight of this part of the country that only seems to worsen.
We used to stay in Eureka Springs up in the NW every few years for our anniversary, back when we lived in Texas. We really love that area up there.
Not in the least. I live with a Siamese. More honestly, a Siamese allows me to live with her and pay all the bills, feed and cosset her and worship her with all my acts snd being.
Good to know. Perhaps she was being poetic.
Maybe so. It did sound pretty.
We spray our ankles with creepy crawly stink spray to prevent their on-boarding.
If you don’t stop them at the shoe level they get up high enough that you’ll be embarrassing yourself scratching. Right where any clothing fits close to the body, socks, panties, undies of all types.
One time and you’ll remember.
Redbuds tend to get mixed reviews in Colorado. Some (including a master gardener’s site I checked out) say they’re susceptible to cold and heavy snow loads, referring to them as “deadbuds”. Others say they can make nice trees, especially in understory settings where they’re protected from excessive sun and wind.
Cercis canadensis is a commonly seen tree here in Kentucky, and in Indiana when I lived there. We’re just past the blooming peak in central KY. I have two newly acquired redbuds to be planted, one a variety that’s chartreuse-leafed early in the season and another whose leaves open purple (“Flamethrower”).