Day 22 & 23 - Arkansas

Crazy as usual, we drove through the night in order to make the most of the daylight in the great state of Arkansas. We started off our morning in Eureka Springs and admired some beautiful antique trains and no thanks to the GPS, finally found our long anticipated destination... The Thorncrown Chapel. Designed by E. Faye Jones, this beautiful space was a testament to his mentor Frank Lloyd Wright's concept of organic architecture and the dialogue between the landscape and the experience of dwelling within the built space.



We loved the intimacy of the place and could only imagine the type of beautiful service that could be held in that space.

After our visit at Thorncrown, we headed over to the house of Andrew's childhood friend Brandy Reese from Blackstone. Brandy and Sidney were amazing hosts and we had a great time and a jam packed weekend of fun!

On Friday night we went to a local pub, a tastee Mexican restaurant with live music, and ended the night with a minor league baseball game and tiger woods golf on the wii. Saturday morning we went to the monthly executive meeting for Wal-Mart and got to see the band "Little Big Town" perform their hit song, "Little White Church" along with a couple other of their popular songs.

After the meeting we went to the lake and had a great time on Brandy's boat with Tasha, their dog who really enjoyed the fresh air!

That evening, we had a great time at the demolition derby --- an exciting Arkansas Saturday night! There was some pretty amazing people watching and we had a fantastic time. We laughed so hard our faces hurt. We are already planning our visit down for next year when Brandy and Sidney enter a car! : )
After the derby we had a late night adventure at the fair and enjoyed a lot of laughs and a few hours of sleep before we hit the road Sunday morning for St. Louis! We had a great time meeting Sid and a blast reconnecting with Brandy! We can't wait to catch up with them again and are very grateful for their hospitality!