Labor Day Weekend

What a beautiful Labor Day Weekend it was! K, EB and I drove out to Eureka Springs on Saturday for a little last-minute getaway. We got there on Saturday night and headed over to historic downtown, a quaint area with lots of narrow, winding streets, art galleries and local restaurants. We had dinner at Local Flavor, which I highly recommend. The food was great, if a little slow, but we had a nice patio seat and had fun people watching.

The next day we headed out to Lake Leatherwood to do a bit of paddle boating, exploring and lake wading. K was extremely brave, jumping off of a natural high point (about 15+ feet up) with kids that were about 25 years his junior. I took a video of him and threatened to post it on this blog, but I've decided to be kind and will only pull it out for blackmail.

Amused by our tour guide

 
We capped off our trip with a visit to the Cosmic Cavern, with the usual stalactite and stalagmite (yes, I had to look up the spelling) formations. What was unusual about the tour was the tour guide--the poor devil was such a terrible story/joke teller that he himself became a source of our entertainment. Our entire tour went something like this:

Tour guide: “So, you know the difference between a cavern and a cave?”
K: “Um… two letters?”
Tour guide (with genuine amazement): “Damn, how did you know that?”



Overall, it was a great trip: beautiful clear-blue skies, lots of outdoor stuff, good food, and most of all, an opportunity to spend lots of time with my two favorite people in the whole world.