Chapter H notes in October

Rick and Patti Harvey canceled their Harvey BBQ the first weekend in October.
Colorama, Missouri's annual get together was held October 11th, at Eureka Springs. Steve and Connie, Jon and Rosalee took off Thursday afternoon before and met Rick and Patti in Bethany.

We rode on down after staying in Lamar, MO. Just outside of Eurkeka Springs, we found a small motorcycle accessories store and shopped some. We left there and arrived at the KOA on Friday about noon. We found a restaurant called the Smokehouse that is known for it's homemade biscuit for Biscuit and Gravy. It is huge and should be shared with at least 2 people. Be prepared for meal and a "show." :) George and Peggy joined us in the afternoon. We got camp set up and then prepared for our evening supper ride. Wiliferd had a new motorcycle without a CB so Steve was the tour guide. We saw some interesting sites including a place where the owner has most of his buildings that look like castles. In another area there were statues of zoo animals. We crossed the large Beaver Dam, went through the town of Beaver, across their "Golden Gate Bridge", through the older part of Eureka Springs where all of the unique shops are and ended up at the restaurant. We had a very large group and had a good time. Some went back to their motels and we went back to the campgrounds.

Saturday morning, many registered and there were several different rides you could go on. We wanted to go a route that was a combination of several of the maps, so took off and did our own ride. We found some wonderful twisting roads, Pigs Trail, Dinosaur Tail, Toothpick, and Devil's Den state park. We went over to Highway 7 and checked out Arkansas Grand Canyon and the Cliff Restaurant. The leaves are turning some but still beautiful area.
Saturday evening was BBQ catered from a local restaurant. It was very good. There was a silent auction and a lot of give-aways. There was instruction on GPS and then a campfire.

Many left and headed home on Sunday. Jon and Rosalee and Steve and Connie decided to stay and enjoy some more riding. We found some more beautiful roads. We took camp down on Monday and it was upper 70's and sunshine. As we got closer to Kansas City, it became cooler and looked like rain. We put on rain gear and by the time we were in Kansas City it was misting and pouring near Bethany. By the time we got into Iowa, it was raining and 4o's. Connie says, Thank you to my heated seat!