This old house

A few people expressed an interest in this old house on Hwy 9 going towards Mountain View, so I thought I would post some more pics of it.

Bikes, Blues and BBQ 2007 is getting close

It wont be long till we venture North again to one of the best Rallies in the country. I'm hoping for nice weather and no rain. So far we've been lucky and have never been rained in. I'm really looking forward to this year, I have a new mount for my camcorder and I'll be posting videos when we get back.

This can be a family outing I suppose. There are police all over and if anyone starts acting drunk in public they'll be herded by into the corral or club. The worst behavior I've seen at the rally was from teenagers. Unless you put loud pipes into the bad behavior catagory. If you do, uh, don't go (I did hear mention of a noise ordinance effective this year though).

More on this event later, heres some pics from 2006.

Holland, Ar.

If you've ever been riding North on Hwy 65 from Conway you've passed thru Springhill. At Springhill Hwy 287 cuts off to the East. Ever wondered what was out there, probably not, but I'll tell anyway. Holland, Ar. is out there. Theres a couple of other communities but Holland was the most interesting.

More farmland, good scenary, easy riding, I don't think any curves will sneak up on you, unless you fall asleep on a straightway. It really is a nice drive though and you'll eventually end up on Hwy 36/107, if you take a right you'll go right down to Hwy 64.

The store is the old Holland Store, the other pics were taken in the area around Holland.

Amazing is'nt it?

Telegraph Tree


Amazing how easy it is for something historical to be right beside us for years and never know it. I lived in Pottsville for years and of course I know about Potts Tavern on the old Butterfield Stagecoach Trail (I'll have pics of that later on), but heres a little tad of history that escaped me somehow until recently.
On Hwy 64 West in Pottsville is a huge white house. Right now I don't know who it originally belonged to but I'll try to find out (its built similar to Potts Tavern). It's almost directly across from the new Post Office. I do know that there used to be a hatchery there and that building is still standing being used for another business.
The amazing thing is not the house though, its the Post Oak tree out front. The current owner of the house bought him an old fire truck and I stopped to take a picture of it. Thats when I noticed the plaque a few feet from the tree. I'll let the plaque do the talking.
I lived about 200 yards from this house for about 7 years and I knew that the old Butterfield Line ran thru my backyard, but I did'nt know about the tree....interesting. Tunnel vision...get up, work, play, sleep, get up work, etc.

Rose Bud, Romance and El Paso

From Heber Springs, if you take Hwy 5 South all the way to Hwy 64 you'll pass thru Rose Bud, Romance and El Paso. Now I'll let you in on something, theres nothing really special about any of them but I like the names. I only found a couple of good pictures, but pictures are like the weather, sometimes you get ones and sometimes you don't. These pictures were taken near Rose Bud. Alot of farm land and no curves to get excited about. If you like driving thru farm land, this is the ride for you. When you get to Hwy 64 just make a right and you'll be heading to Conway.

Enola

 

 

 

These are three from Enola. One old barn, one old house that nature has almost taken back and another creative use of a dead tree. I don't know why but I like dead trees. When I get the time to do some scanning of my 35mm pics I'll post some really cool ones.

Barney and Enola, Arkansas

These four pics are from the area of Barney, Ar.

 

 

 

 

Turning off of Hwy 65 N onto Hwy 25 we head towards Quitman, Ark. If you take a South turn at Quitman onto Hwy 225 then a Left turn onto Hwy 107 you'll being headed towards Barney and Enola, Ark. At Enola you can keep on going South or make a right onto Hwy 310. Now I'm not going to try to pull anyones leg and say that these two towns are the hub of activity in Arkansas. As a matter of fact I can't remember any activity there at all. Maybe a farmer doing chores or some kids in a yard, but thats about it.

I liked the area though, farmland and lots of it. You won't find a McDonalds or a Wally World out there. As a matter of fact you better pack something to eat and drink if you intend to run around the area long. I did find a few photos though, as usual I wish I'd had more time to take even more. You would be surprised how much time it takes to stop, take off the helmet and gloves, get out the camera, get something to drink or eat and use a tree. It pretty tough work. Thats why I do it as much as possible, cause I like the punishment I guess.

I've been trying to stay in the same area of Arkansas for awhile. Don't want to get myself confused. Hope you enjoy the pics, I honestly can't remember in what year I took them.

Down Mt. Nebo, Arkansas

My first video uploaded, hope you like it. Just click on the title.

To late to catch the Sunrise

It's 74 degrees and cloudy outside, looks like a chance of rain. It's 0650, a little too late to catch the Sunrise. I still keep my speed low on Crow Mt. because of the Deer moving. I do have some sad news, theres been two deer hit by vehicles in the last few days close to my house. One was at my driveway and the other was about 200 yards up the road. It breaks my heart that I won't have them jump out and scare the living daylights out of me again. They propagate pretty fast up here though. I had venison for dinner last night, not fresh, it was from last year. I'm just making room in the freezer. A deer in the freezer is better than a deer on my windshield :). I had some venison given to me, I actually havent hunted in about 6 years.

I made two videos this morning. One up Nebo using my Sony DV camcorder and one down using my Pentax camera. You may notice my Sony mounted on my handlebar in one of the pics. I could not get blogger video to work. I'll keep trying, sooner or later I'll get it, then the video will be on my blog.

Pickens and Letona

 

 

A couple of old house at Pickens, Ar.

 

The old store at Letona, Ar.

Sidon, Pickens and Letona are all three on Hwy 310. It's a good ride.

Sidon, Ar. Hwy 310

 

 

 

 

This a good ride thru hills and pasture land SouthWest of Mountain Home. I guess the best way to find it would be to go to Google and hit maps at the top, then type in Sidon. From the Junction of Hwy 310 and Hwy 36 to the South to the Junction of 310 and Hwy 16 just South of Mountain Home, this road is well worth the trip to get to it. You'll ride thru the towns of Sidon, Pickens and Letona.
I found plenty to photograpth in the area, alot I did'nt take pics of because I was there with my old camera and it did'nt hold many pics. Overall though it was a good portion of a bigger ride I took that day.

Pangburn, Arkansas

Several years ago I visited a town in North East Arkansas called Pangburn. Its a neat old town but what I liked the most was a gravestone in the Pangburn Cemetary. This is the first full size horse gravestone I've ever seen. Its painted white (it's doe's need a touch up though). Remembering this stone inspired the new poll at the bottom of my blog (of course I had to exchange Harleys for Horses). I know, its kind of morbid but I liked it and heres the pics.

There are some old houses in town but I was pressed for time and did'nt get to take all the pics I normally would have. Pangburn is at the Junction of Hwy 16 and 110, East of Heber Springs and North of Searcy. A really nice area for riding, good roads, not many sharp curves but plenty of easy ones.