We had a great time on the Arkansas MINI fall foliage run. 4 MINIs left Hot Springs and headed to Russellville. We stopped in at Feltner's Whatta-burger for lunch. This Whatta-burger is nothing like the others. We particularly don't like other Whatta-burgers, but this one is worth stopping at. It's the place to stop in Russellville. Plus, it's not that far off the I 40. Take the hwy 7 exit and head towards the college. Just past the college you'll see it on the corner. It's not even a mile off the interstate. We had one MINI that needed to leave, but one MINI met up with us. So we continued on with 4 MINIs.

Hwy 7 just north of Russellville was gorgeous! The colors were at their peak; they were so alive, it was so pretty. You'd crest a hill or go around a curve and the beauty would take you away.

Hwy 123 was something else. 10mph S curves downhill. I realized I was taking them too fast when my back end skidded around one and my brakes bounced. The back end skidding was fun, but I don't like the feeling of my brakes bouncing, especially around a curve. This road had sidewalks and curbs!! In the middle of nowhere. I suppose to help you in case you didn't quite make a turn; instead of hitting the mountain (they were on the mountain side of the road, not the drop off side) maybe the sidewalk or curb will cause your wheel to turn so the impact wouldn't be as hard on the mountain. That's the only thing I can figure.

When we left Harrison we went on down hwy 43 to Ponca where we saw a few elk. Then back around to 7 and on down to Russellville.

We had a great time. I love taking those curves!
Carrie


How can my pics be larger?
How can I get more pics on the thread? 3 is just not near enough!!

 

Although we only did the first half of the drive, we had a great time and the colors were great. For some reason I took more pictures of MINIs than the colorful scenery.

 

 

 

 

 

I think we found the name for our MINI at this exact moment!

 

Carrie, check out the FAQs about NAM's Photo Gallery. You have your own gallery and can upload your pix to it, then post them in threads.

 

Yeah Yeah I did it!

Thanks for all the help.

Great pics PT91!!

 

My daughter took all these pics. (the smiley is from me, her daughter ).

The one above is from the side view mirror.

This one is from a hwy 7 reststop/overlook.

 

This is hwy 7 north of Russellville.

 

Here we are having lunch at Feltner's Whatta-burger in Russellville.

 

This is when we all meet up in Hot Springs.

 

Thanks for the pictures. I live in Russellville, wish I had seen you all passing through.

Hope you enjoyed Whatta-burger. Used to go there occasionally, but it doesn't seem to be quite as good as before Mr. Felter retired. Still not bad though.