Summer Vacation 2011: Day 3

Sunday was the last day of our mini-vacation. We got up and cleaned the house and packed. We checked out by 11am and decided to go to a few places that we hadn't been yet. I initially thought we'd go to The Local Flavor for lunch because it was so good when Michelle and I were here. As I was looking through the travler's guide in the house, I saw the Rockin' Pig Saloon. From the pictures, it looked like it was a biker bar, but the pictures of their food looked amazing, so we thought we'd try it. When we pulled up, we could tell immediately that is was, in fact, a biker's place....complete with LOTS of biker parking places. It was pretty dead, which didn't suprise us since it was Sunday. The service was great....and the food was AMAZING!!!!! The brisket I had was probably the best I've EVER had!!!! Definitely a place we'll go back to.Next stop: my favorite shopping spot. :) I love Sleepy's!!! One day, I will get a bear from here!!! I'm not a huge fan of yard ornaments, but I think these bears are super cute!!! Because we took the boat out all day Saturday, we decided to skip seeing The Passion. Its an outdoor production of the life of Christ. We'd really like to see it next time though. We drove up to the top of the mountain just to look around and to see the Christ of the Ozarks. Its really incredible. I do wish we had at least gone through their museum b/c they have a replica of the original Tabernacle. Next, we drove down the mountain and decided to take on Downtown Eureka. It was much less crowded and easy to get around today. It was actually enjoyable. We grabbed a few gifts for my parents and I needed some new candles. I love their little candle shop. :) The other thing we searched for was an "espresso sundae". We discovered these little treats in Minnesota the summer before we got married. They are INCREDIBLE! There are so many ice cream and coffee places in Eureka, we figured we would find one. After two stops, we were out of luck. At the last coffee place (Eureka Daily Roast), we decided to give up and just grab some coffee there. As Ken was waiting for them to brew a new pot of coffee, they brought us this yummy frozen drink! It was just a sample, but it sold me!!! I went up to order one and right in front of my face was a little sign that was advertising Espresso Sundaes!!!!! We couldn't believe they had them!!!! They don't have ice cream out displayed with their other treats, so we figured they didn't have any at all. They make sundaes with homemade vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce, then they pour fresh pressed (that they press themselves) espresso on top. Ken was in HEAVEN! :)













Final shot before heading out of town.
Just west of Eureka is Thorncrown Chapel. We just stopped by for about 30 minutes to take a few pictures and see the chapel. As we were heading out, we decided to take a little detour and drive around Beaver Lake. Ken had been there before to fish, but I'd never seen it. Its beautiful! So thankful that we had a little vacation this summer. It might be the only time that we get away during the summer months.