Editor’s note: in the earliest days of The Royal Tour, I went to Arkansas to see Hot Springs National Park. I spent a single night in Little Rock, saw Central High School, wrote nothing about it, and moved on. I am so glad that writer Sam Spector spent a weekend there now to right this…
Editor’s note: while not a rockhound myself, Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds is a place that has always fascinated me with dreams of striking it rich. Morgan, our resident geology nut, shares her story both of digging for diamonds and a more productive set of quartz digs. For more of her stories of travel for gems…
2017 has been a pretty good travel year so far, and the year is only half over! Today I am going to take a quick look back at the past six months, and later this week we will do a sneak peak of the exciting travel I have coming up in the second half of…
Arkansas. The splotch of place above Louisiana. The place Bill Clinton came from. Yes, that Arkansas. In my quest to hit all fifty states, a trip had to be made. A quick drive across the bridge from Memphis, and I was there. Arkansas is called the Natural State, and the name seems to fit. Much…
I am about to embark on my first actual travel since beginning this project, and I couldn't be more excited. In addition to having something real to talk about on the blog - after all, what is a travel blog sans travel - I will be exploring an awesome city I have never seen, and…