Food, Friends, Fun in Northwest...

Folks who know me, know that I eat my way thru a vacation---and often vacation ratings are "higher" with  the Liles crew when food adventures have been a part of it.
This past week's Arkansas jaunt with friends was no different.....

Starting with dessert first.....(sampling delish sugar cookies, back left) followed by a cold strawberry chiller soup and YUMMY chicken salad at Cross Creek Sandwich Shop in Conway, AR, where everything is made fresh---worth the detour!!

 Followed by "splitting" a Key West burrito (chocked full of salmon, crab and shrimp) at Table Mesa Bistro in Bentonville, AR. Even the "cheap date" appetizers were tasty---Medjoohl dates stuffed with gorgonzola, cream cheese & wrapped in hardwood smoked bacon.

 Sharing "Rissoto balls" appetizer....

and trying a "Pig's Ear" salad, just because I could, was a fun lunch at Tusk and Trotter.

Not miss out on a sweet ending---a strawberry crepe from the "BEST FOOD TRUCK in AR" winner,
ice cream from the Spark Cafe Soda Fountain beside the Wal-Mart Museum....,

and a perfect sugar cookie from the (closed on Tuesdays) Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art capped off our Wednesday afternooon!!

Trekking to the Ozarks

Consider this blog entry a recommendation for a jaunt with friends to Northwest AR, Bentonville in particular. Just feast your eyes. Tomorrow you can visually & metaphorically feast your taste buds.
BTW, it helps to have a friend house you in her lovely home---tho 21C museum hotel is always a good choice for those with deeper pockets than mine.

Springtime is a beautiful time of year to visit. Dogwoods, redbuds, and snowballs are all popping out in greeting.

Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel, built by same designer as Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, AR.
But this one......was just right up the road in Bella Vista, AR.

Just go through the doorway to see our "Father's World."
Even on an overcast day the outside peeks in and gives light.

Purple pathway.....

For the physically fit, the footpath from Compton Gardens can take you to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Man's tree in the forefront of God's trees.
Beauty inside and out awaits each Crystal Bridges visitor.

In AR even Tom the Haymaker brings a unique form of beauty in the middle of a field. He rolls his hay into people.
Bentonville is 345 miles from Memphis. It's worth the drive---especially when you make it with friends!