We slept late (well, late for us) this morning and barely made it up the road to Angler's restaurant in time for breakfast. We didn't have any specific plans for the day. While we ate, we browsed through some brochures we found in the entry way, but nothing jumped out at us. When we finished our breakfast, we headed toward town to find something to do. Along the way, we saw a sign for Thorncrown Chapel and decided to stop and have a look. There was a church service in progress, and, oddly, we were not allowed inside until the service was over. We decided to do some other sightseeing and come back later.
Our first stop was the area where the Passion Play is held. No play was in progress, but we got out of the truck and walked down to the statue of Jesus. Jesus is big in Eureka Springs. Really big.
We took another spin through the historic district. We parked at the Crescent Hotel and went inside for a bit, then drove around a little more. Had some ice cream. Visited a shop where live rabbits take your money and give you change at the cash register (for real). Explored a Cherokee gift shop. Went back to Thorncrown Chapel.
This chapel really is magnificent in a way. It is nestled in the woods along the highway. The ceiling and the walls are glass. At the door, we were told by The Church Lady, "This is a sitting chapel. If you want to take pictures, take them sitting down." We went in, sat down near the back, enjoyed the view for a few minutes, and then got up to leave. When Joel raised his cell phone to snap one last picture, Church Lady admonished him, "THIS IS A SITTING CHAPEL." Geez.
There are no overhead lights - just the skylight in the ceiling. The only electric lighting is in wooden fixtures along the walls. Every light fixture has a cross in it.
After leaving the chapel, we checked out a couple of antique stores, then headed back toward the lodge. There was left-over pizza in the fridge, and our plan was to stay in and rest for the afternoon and heat up the pizza for supper. Joel thought that some beer might be nice with the pizza. We stopped at a country store to buy some, but Joel came out empty handed; no beer on Sunday in Arkansas.
Our lodging is paid up through tonight. Tomorrow, we will either have to go home, find someplace else to go, or extend our stay here. I think we've about seen most of this corner of Arkansas.
We had thought about checking in to one of the hotels in the historic district, but we aren't very excited about ghost tours and gift shops.
We'll see what happens tomorrow.
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