Meandering the Country

April 11-19, 2021 We camped at Hot Springs National Park during our stay in Arkansas.  Hot Springs National Park is the smallest national park in the country, but don’t let that influence you!  It may be small, but it is certainly worth a visit.  The park’s campground is nestled in Gulpha Gorge and has Gulpha Gorge Creek running right through it.  We were fortunate enough to be able to snag a campsite beside the creek, which provided sweet music, lulling us to sleep each night! Gulpha Gorge Campground Site 43! Frankie found a Frisbee field! Access to the park’s hiking trails is at the north end of the campground, making it irresistible to spend a bit of the day exploring different trails.  The trails were distributed around North Mountain and Hot Springs Mountain, both of which are part of the Ouachita Mountain range.  You may have inferred from the fact that the campground is located in the gorge and the trails are in the moun...

Trace State Park - Site 8 This past week, we camped at Trace State Park, 14 miles outside of Tupelo, MS.  This park sits on Old Natchez Trace Lake and is a stunning park!  We had a waterside campsite which made this among our top ten sites we’ve stayed at.  The park has what is considered the best competition level Frisbee golf course in the state.  Although we are certainly not competition level Frisbee (or golf for that matter) players, we had to break out the Frisbees and give it a go.  It was super windy and with all of the water features (that darn lake is everywhere!) we didn’t last too long! Give me enough tries and I may make it in! Dick makes it look easy! Tupelo is the birthplace of Elvis Presley and it is obvious Tupelo is pretty proud of it!  The historic area of town includes the home in which Elvis and his stillborn twin brother were born.  Elvis’s father borrowed $180 to build the two-room, shot gun hom...