October 14, 2007
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Hey, friends,
We've been having a very Ozark-y weekend.
Friday,
a couple of colleagues and I drove over to Yellville to the very early
part of the annual Turkey Trot Festival, which draws thousands every
year. Here are a couple of my favorite photos from that trip:
Members of the Nahziryah Monastic Community in St. Joe, Ark.,
known as the "Purple People" - the "Nazir Order of the Purple Veil"
I
had to work on Sunday's paper yesterday, but got through early, so we
had time to relax in the afternoon at home. Then last night, we headed
down south to Jasper to the Ozark Cafe', where we thought they always
had live music on Saturday nights.
The
Ozark Cafe is a very unique old landmark, open since, I think, 1909.
They have great hamburgers, milkshakes, and fried mushrooms (Southern
health food!) But last night, instead of live bluegrass, as were
expecting, they had karoake, Ozarks style! I've never been anywhere
they were doing karaoke, and got a huge kick out of staid, unsmiling
grandmas who'd walk up to the mike and start belting out Patsy Cline,
or large fellas in overalls who could do a mean Conway Twitty. Of
course, some of them were awful, but more were good, so we enjoyed
people watching while we ate.
This
morning, we drove over to Yellville to 11 a.m. Mass because I was too
much of a sleepy head to get up for the 8 a.m. Mass here. Doyle went
with me and then we drove down to the Buffalo River over that way to
see about lining up a float trip on the Buffalo for next Sunday. We
ended up eating a delicious barbecue sandwich in the outfitters shop at
Wild Bill's, then drove down to Buffalo Point.
I'd
never been to Buffalo Point, which is a gorgeous state park, campground
area. Here are some of my favorite scenes from there. We're planning to
inaugurate our teardrop camper over there as soon as Doyle finishes it!
Comments (5)
Interesting picture of ladies in purple...not quite like "Ladies In Lavender!" Lovely scenic shots!
You definitely have to be the Day Tripper of the Year! You have no idea how much I enjoy your photos...
Interesting post. I never heard of the "purple people". I always seeing your Ozark pictures.
Have you seen the PP in town? Have you seen their transportation?
As always, beautiful pictures. I've only been back in the Ozarks a couple of times since my father died and that was mainly to move my mom back to Texas. I miss all the Ozark outings we used to take there when I was growing up. As a kid, my favorite was Dogpatch USA over at the Bagnell Dam in Missouri.
Thanks for bringing back some very fun memories for me.