A shot of the first half of a ten-panel mural in the lobby of the Bank of the Ozarks in Ozark, Arkansas. It tells the story of the Ozark area in chronological order. We had read that the Bank encourages people to come in to see it, and that was true. They even offered us coffee, despite knowing full well that we were tourists and would never become customers. It was impossible to get the whole mural in one photo.
The mural took 30 months to make. It is not painted, it is sandblasted. Here is a close up of a tiny portion of panel #5. The detail in the craftmanship is incredible.
Truth in advertising (downtown Ozark, Arkansas).
Dead armadillo on the side of the road.
Did your grandmother have a set of these two-tone plastic dinnerware set? Mine did, and in this exact same color. In an antique store in Ozark, Arkansas.
Grandma also had a set of these cannisters. As a child I thought they were so cool. (Still do.)
There's our destination in the far background -- Mount Magazine. (But first we have to go to Paris. Cathy always wanted me to take her to Paris.)
We couldn't believe the name of this actual law firm.
Mural in downtown Paris, Arkansas.
Wildflowers along the side of the road.
Here I am at Dill Point in Mount Magazine State Park, near Paris, Arkansas.
Cathy at Signal Hill (in Mount Magazine State Park), the highest point in Arkansas. Look closely at the rock formation on the ground. It is an accurate to-scale map of the state of Arkansas, and...
...she is standing on this, the US Geological Service marker of the highpoint, which of course is placed accurately on the rock-map which was built around it.
Cathy at the restaurant in the Mount Magazine State Park Lodge. The Petit Jean River can be faintly seen through the windows (immediately above the other people's heads), as well as other mountains beyond, on the far side of the river valley.
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