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Day 6 {Thur}, 07-17-2025

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It was the last day, and started out rather stressful. My wife got upset at Adrian over his protesting photos and it became ugly, and in my attempts to calm things down, it only got worse, as I somewhat melted down myself over that. It threatened to end the vacation, and the era of the kids going with us by default, on a very ugly note.

As our moods recovered, as it was my wife's birthday, I had us go to the "western town" she'd found and wanted to go see. It was near Bull Shoals Caverns, and going there was a possibility too. I also was going to have us eat at the Mexican Restaurant in Yellville (we ate there in 2021 too), and we in fact did. The owner was a very nice Spanish lady and I even got a photo of her.

I also figured we may go to the nearby Cotter Springs Hole, a spot we'd gone to in the past (2018 I believe). We simply stayed in the "western" town awhile (it and the cavern were on the same spot), we didn't go inside the cavern as it would've cost about $80 for all of us.

On the way back we stopped at a Gez Rogers spot called Jimmys Creek Access which wasn't much, returning back the way we came (down ARK 27 N) we stopped at "Sugar Rush" to get shakes, as my wife was in that mood (and it was her birthday). We meant to go to "North Maumee" nearby but we were low on gas (that's what I get for not getting some while in town). We ended at Shine Eye and got deli food from Harp's (chicken tenders, green beans) to close things out. (On a side note, we left my wife at Shine Eye while getting the food as she seemed to like it and didn't want to leave for awhile, but the deil was closing soon. I got pulled over on the way back and the cop for whatever weird reason asked me if I was on probation and seemed sure I was. In the end he let me go without even a warning about the speeding he'd said I was doing.)

Spots Visited:
Mexican Restaurant Yellville: 36.22676,-92.68825
Sugar Rush: 36.117,-92.64353
"Western Town" (Bull Shoals Cavern): 36.379452, -92.583870
Shine Eye: 35.988,-92.7344 link
Helen's Birthday Card For Mommy
Helen's Birthday Card For Mommy		 Family Pose
Family Pose		 Old Barn Down Searcy 57-Barren Hollow
Old Barn Down Searcy 57-Barren Hollow		 Barn Shot Down Searcy 57-Barren Hollow Rd
Barn Shot Down Searcy 57-Barren Hollow Rd
Us At Model Train Near Mexican Restaurant
Us At Model Train Near Mexican Restaurant		 Mexican Restaurant Yellville ARK
Mexican Restaurant Yellville ARK		 Us Eating at Mexican Restaurant Yellville ARK
Us Eating at Mexican Restaurant Yellville ARK		 Friendly Lady, Owner (?) of Mexican Restaurant in Yellville
Friendly Lady, Owner (?) of Mexican Restaurant in Yellville
Wife In Visitors Shop of Western Town
Wife In Visitors Shop of Western Town		 Building, Western Town
Building, Western Town		 Building At Western Town
Building At Western Town		 Building at Western Town
Building at Western Town
Building at Western Town
Building at Western Town		 Building at Western Town
Building at Western Town		 Old Barn on Western Town
Old Barn on Western Town		 Mommy With her Children On Birthday
Mommy With her Children On Birthday
Building At Western Town
Building At Western Town		 Jimmys Creek Spot
Jimmys Creek Spot		 Sugar Rush
Sugar Rush		 Shine Eye
Shine Eye
Adrian/Wife Floating Shine Eye
Adrian/Wife Floating Shine Eye		 Adrian Seemed To Enjoy Shine Eye
Adrian Seemed To Enjoy Shine Eye		 Wife Floating Shine Eye
Wife Floating Shine Eye		 Shine Eye
Shine Eye
Shine Eye
Shine Eye		 Got Deli Food at Harp's
Got Deli Food at Harp's

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