Author Archives: DrUsual

A Trip To Fly Gap

Took a jaunt down to Fly Gap Road this weekend, just east of Mason. This is a ranch road running south from Highway 71, though some ranch land — there are fenced fields on both sides, with plenty of cows who’ll come over to see what you’re doing, but the road itself is public. TheContinue reading “A Trip To Fly Gap”

Road Trip Gems

First stop on the road trip this weekend was the Wegner Crystal Mine in northern Arkansas. Packed the rock hunting gear, the sunscreen, and a half ton of water, and caught the bus out to the Phantom Mine. Totally worth the time and fee; we came back with four five-gallon buckets of rock, including aContinue reading “Road Trip Gems”

Electric Strawberry

This wasn’t the first place we visited in Hot Springs, but definitely the first that comes to mind to share. It’s just an amazing place. It’s a book store, coffee shop, holistic and spiritual wellness center, and clearly the meeting place for a number of communities. But that’s just the business. The heart and soulContinue reading “Electric Strawberry”

The Bare Minimum: Oak Island

Just off the coast of Nova Scotia lies a 140-acre patch of land called Oak Island. At a glance, it doesn’t look like much—just a quiet island ringed by trees and the occasional determined amateur archaeologist. But below the surface, quite literally, lies one of the longest-running treasure hunts in recorded history. It all startsContinue reading “The Bare Minimum: Oak Island”