Tally Ho Travelers

CLEAR SPRING - TEXARKANA, TX; CLEAR LAKE - PRINCETON, TX & LAKE MURRAY CAMPGROUND - ARDMORE, OK Between Feb. 20 and March 13 we traveled to Texarkana & Princeton Texas, and to  Ardmore, Oklahoma.   In Texarkana we stayed at Clear Spring Campground which is at Wright Patman Lake.  The park is beautiful.  Our site has a great view of the lake.  While in Texarkana we went to    Spring Lake Park.  There is a lovely lake to walk around and there are many ducks, geese & swans roaming about.  The park has playgrounds, a fenced dog park, and acres of wooded areas with picnic tables. We drove into downtown and saw the US Post office that sides on the border between Texas and Arkansas, walked around downtown and took pictures of multiple murals that adorn the sides of so many buildings.  Drove by the Ace of Clubs house, which is built in the shape of the Ace of Clubs. It is currently closed for renovation.  We then hit Pecan Point...

We left Willow Beach on February 16 and headed to Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  We booked a site at Gulpha Gorge Campground, just outside of downtown Hot Springs. The sites here are close together and smaller than we like, but we'll make do.  The weather is going to be chilly the whole time we are here. On Tuesday, the weather was warm and sunny, so we took a drive to Garland Woodland Gardens,  the botanical garden of the University of Arkansas.   The Gardens are nestled in the picturesque Ouachita Mountains of Southwest Arkansas.  Even though it is still winter, the daffodils and tulip greens were beginning to peek out of the ground.  The Gardens are a marvel at what can be done when you use nature as a backdrop.  We were in awe.  You can find a map of the gardens here -  Garvin Woodland Gardens . After visiting the Gardens we drove into downtown Hot Springs and walked along Bathhouse Row.  Bathhouse row still has...