Visitor posing with monarch butterfly mural wings at The Papilion at Honor Heights Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

🦋 Papilion at Honor Heights Park – Muskogee’s Garden Wonderland

🌿 Papilion at Honor Heights Park – Muskogee’s Garden Wonderland We had just made it out of Arkansas — finally — but couldn’t go far since we were waiting on some important mail. After weeks of gray travel days, I was craving a little color and calm, so when we spotted The Papilion at Honor …

Mr Peanut statue Fort Smith Arkansas, seated sculpture of the iconic character with top hat, monocle, gloves, and cane, posed with one leg crossed and one arm resting on its knee, located outdoors near a building with large windows, surrounded by grass and trees, with Zach standing beside the statue wearing a black shirt and pants, one hand on the hat and the other on his hip

Mr. Peanut Fort Smith Arkansas | Planters Landmark

Sometimes the best discoveries happen when you’re just taking care of boring car business and suddenly notice a street name that makes you curious… The first time we were in Fort Smith, we completely missed that Mr. Peanut was even there until we were stationary for a minute dealing with car stuff and needed something …

Five potted plants arranged in front of a wire fence at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, including leafy greens, ornamental grasses, and colorful foliage in blue, red, and brown containers with plant markers

Botanical Garden of the Ozarks Fayetteville Arkansas

Sometimes you need a place to decompress, to ground yourself, and to remember that beauty exists in quiet spaces…the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks is that place. Botanical Garden of the Ozarks in Fayetteville was our first stop after the sensory chaos of Amped Electric Games — and it delivered exactly what we needed: quiet, …

Rustic wooden gateway marked “War Eagle Cavern Arkansas,” with a tipi tucked just beyond, all framed by dense trees like it’s guarding the cave’s secrets.

Exploring War Eagle Cavern Arkansas: A Birthday Adventure Underground

Updated October 2025: We originally explored War Eagle Cavern for a birthday celebration, and it remains one of Arkansas’s most spectacular underground adventures. Details verified and refreshed below. Celebrating birthdays doesn’t always mean cake and candles – sometimes it means venturing deep underground into one of Arkansas’s most spectacular natural wonders. War Eagle Cavern Arkansas …

Heading To Arkansas

Let me tell you why we were heading to Arkansas.  Our journey up until now hasn’t included any events.  So Zach signed up for an EUC Event called Amped Electric Games in Bentonville, Arkansas.  We had about a month to get there, so here is what we did from Springfield, Missouri to Bentonville, Arkansas! Reason …