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APRIL 2016 SUNRAYS | 23
The Ozarks – Mountain View, Eureka Springs,
Bentonville, Oklahoma City

Meals Included: 4 breakfasts, 1 lunch, 2 dinners
Wednesday, May 18 - Monday, May 23
$670 pp double occupancy;
$920 pp single occupancy
Depart Cowan Creek Parking Lot on
Wednesday, 7:30 a.m.; Return on Monday, 5 p.m.
Ticket Purchase Deadline: Saturday, April 30

Think that you
might love the Ozarks? This is a trip for your
‘must see’ list! Visit three unique parts of
Arkansas, the Natural State, plus a visit to the
Oklahoma Memorial and Museum, dedicated to those victims,
survivors and rescuers affected by the Oklahoma City bombing
on April 19, 1995.

Wednesday - Travel day with several rest stops. Morning stop
around 9 a.m. Lunch on your own at Cracker Barrel in Greenville.
Afternoon stop in Texarkana. Dinner on your own in Conway.
Stay the night at Super 8 Motel.

Thursday – Breakfast included at Super 8 Motel. Our day
begins touring Blanchard Springs Caverns. Always a thrilling
experience to enter the world of the underground, we will be led
by a knowledgeable Forest Service Guide over the Dripstone
Trail. An easy walk with seating areas along the way, the 4/10
mile, hour-long tour winds through water-carved passages,
including an underground river and the world’s largest flowstone.
Temperature will be 58 degrees with humidity close to 100%,
so bring a sweater or jacket. There are 50 stair steps to be
negotiated but to avoid steps, there are alternate trails. Bats
are rare so don’t worry about running into them; however, you
will see tiny cave creatures such as salamanders and crickets.
View nearly every type of calcite formation found in limestone
caves. Tour includes the two major rooms in the upper level of
the cavern system.

Following a picnic lunch (included) we go to the Ozark Folk
Center State Park. “A Wonderful Way to Enjoy Yesterday” is an
adventure in yesterday’s Ozark Mountain way of life that you can
see, touch and enjoy today. See blacksmithing, pottery-making
and over 18 other pioneer skills and crafts. Learn to play the
dulcimer or autoharp, jig dance or grow an organic herb garden.
Browse the gift shop.

Enjoy country cooking for dinner at the Skillet Restaurant
(included); tap your toes to mountain music at our private concert
in the beautiful Ozarks this evening; and spend the night in the
comfortable Ozark Cabins at Dry Creek

Friday – Breakfast (included) at Dry Creek Lodge. Today we
travel to Eureka Springs, the Victorian mountain village. We
begin with a tour of Thorncrown Chapel, followed by time for

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