Oh the Places we Go!

A week ago my mom came to visit! :) She brought bearing many gifts, since my birthday is coming up! One gift being a bike! Which helps me out so much, I now have a mode of transportation! I've done many trips and think I will now invest my time into going to Walmart to play Wii and X-box 360 with the locals! :) haha. jk, but I'm almost that desperate!

While she was here we went on MANY adventures! First we went to Main street Rogers; which was not what we thought it would be... Online it looked like a cute old town shopping place. When we got there only about half the stores were open since it was raining and so many had gone out of business. The next day we decided to head down south to the farmer's market and Devil Den state park. Here are some pictures of Rogers and at the Market:

Snapdragon's are now one of my favorite flowers!! They looked so beautiful with the lillies! We also saw this giant elephant made out of recycled tires, it had traveled all the way from South Africa to Arkansas! The last picture is us in the market drinking out white hot chocolate which was divine!

As we left for Devil's Den we saw an abandoned house on the side of the road. We had been talking about how there are so many abandoned little houses every where we drive and how we always want to stop and explore them. So we pulled over and got out to explore! Inside the house there was some knocked down stuff, spiders, and garbage all around. Not as thrilling as a Crime scene like I secretly hoped, but still great. The drive out to Devil's Den was beautiful with lots of curvy roads and trees. As we were driving over a hill we saw a turtle in the other lane! We couldn't leave the little guy there to be hit so we made a u- turn and saved him!

Looked like the turtle had already been ran over a few times... at least we prevented one more! We went on a hike at Devil's Den which included caves, waterfalls, and lots of green. Shown below:

There were some deep crevices we were able to climb down, at least I did, mom went about half way. We also had some memorable moments on a bridge in front of one of the waterfalls.

Twas a good time at Devil's Den, I can't wait to go back and explore with Bradley! :) We also enjoyed some amazing Korean food! It felt like we were back in Korea eating the food there. As well as Zaxby's, a chicken place down in the south. Delicious!

The next day our adventures took us out to War Eagle Mill, and Eureka Springs. My camera battery died so we only have a few pictures taken with my phone. The Mill was really interesting and had a lot of home made grains and some AMAZING pee-can cobbler!! Ah, we were in Heaven! Eureka was one of the cutest towns we've been to here in the US. It reminded us of a little European town; super tiny steep roads, cute houses, and lots of little shops! We walked through the crescent hotel which is supposedly "haunted." From the top balcony of the hotel we looked out and saw hills of trees and this big white statue of Christ. It's called Christ of the Ozarks and he was just popping out above all the trees; so we had to drive over and see it! This is what we saw when we got there!

7 stories tall and his arm width is 60 feet! Eureka springs became a city becuase it has so many random natural springs. So we stopped at one called magnetic springs. The myth was that if you drank from it somehow your insides would become magnetized and cure you of all your diseases and illness! So we filled up a water bottle and drank! Here's my mom at the spring with a pretty butterfly:

After that we felt great and that we could take on anything; like Lions and Tigers, so we went and found some!You can't really see it but there is a lion and a Tiger up there! As we were driving out of the city we turned up this side street to see if we could see the Christ of the Ozarks, but when we got to the top of the hill there were all these cages of Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh my! As well as a cougar, jaguar, black panther, lynx, and we saw a deer!
We had a great time, Brad and I are so grateful my mom was able to come and visit us in our new home! Since Mother's day is tomorrow I just want to give a little shout out: thanks for all your help, and everything you've taught me; like cooking and scrapbooking, and driving! :) haha I Love you! You really have taught me a lot even if you don't know it! I'm so glad we've been able to spend 70+ hours in the car together on all our trips the past few months! :) We are also grateful for Brad's mom and all her love and support as we are away. Miss you both lots and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Love, Jessi and Brad