As part of my "3rd" 25th birthday, Kelly and I took a mini-vacation to Eureka Springs this last weekend. With my new job, it will be awhile before I earn enough vacation time to have more than a weekend getaway. We both start to get pretty stir crazy if we don't get away at least every 6 months so after talking to a few people, Eureka Springs was the obvious solution.If you know me, I'm always up for trying new things. I did a search for unique places to stay in Eureka and up pulled this: Livingston Junction Cabooses - sleep tonight in luxury in a historic Caboose fashioned from actual rolling stock and furnished in quaint elegance for your comfort. How many people can say they have stayed in a real caboose?!? I booked it right away. It wasn't on my list but it sure was a fun thing to add to thing I've been there and done. 
I was pretty pumped about going to Eureka knowing there would be several opportunities to check off some things on my list. First up, "#3- go inside a cave."A lot of the things on my list represent a way to better myself or conquer something. Going inside a cave was part of conquering a fear of mine. If you have seen the movie "The Descent" you would know what I was talking about. 
We chose a cave located 30 minutes outside of town. Our tour guide, Randy, had been working the cave for the past 39 years. He was very knowledgeable and it wasn't near as scary as I thought it would be. It was very interesting and we enjoyed about an hour and a half tour. It would have been a perfect afternoon had there not been a screaming two year old during the entire tour! I would definitely recommend adding it to your life list. Go to brunch was item #2 on my list. Eureka Springs had a ton of restaurants offering Sunday brunch. The plac
e I wanted to go to, Cafe Soleil, ended up being closed. We drove around forever trying to find it only to eventually realize we couldn't find it because it no longer existed. Secondly, we stopped by Forrest Hills. I had an advertisement from them that said they offered brunch. We walked in, sat down, ordered water, looked at the menu, and got up and left. I do this to Kelly a lot and it drives him INSANE! I couldn't help it. There were only a handful of people in the restaurant, the menu did not look like brunch at all and they were definitely not serving mimosas! Thirdly, we went to check out Local Flavor. It had gotten rave reviews on tripadvisor.com and looked like a modern cool place to fulfill my brunch needs. We got seated and I knew right away it was what I had imagined. Kelly ordered a bloody mary (ew!) and I got my mimosa (orange juice and champagne). They had a great menu with unique fresh ingredients. I ordered a chorizo avocado omelet and Kelly got a flour tortilla dish with black beans and chorizo. I have to say I wouldn't mind "brunch-ing" every Sunday, YUM! 2 things down, 28 to go!
e I wanted to go to, Cafe Soleil, ended up being closed. We drove around forever trying to find it only to eventually realize we couldn't find it because it no longer existed. Secondly, we stopped by Forrest Hills. I had an advertisement from them that said they offered brunch. We walked in, sat down, ordered water, looked at the menu, and got up and left. I do this to Kelly a lot and it drives him INSANE! I couldn't help it. There were only a handful of people in the restaurant, the menu did not look like brunch at all and they were definitely not serving mimosas! Thirdly, we went to check out Local Flavor. It had gotten rave reviews on tripadvisor.com and looked like a modern cool place to fulfill my brunch needs. We got seated and I knew right away it was what I had imagined. Kelly ordered a bloody mary (ew!) and I got my mimosa (orange juice and champagne). They had a great menu with unique fresh ingredients. I ordered a chorizo avocado omelet and Kelly got a flour tortilla dish with black beans and chorizo. I have to say I wouldn't mind "brunch-ing" every Sunday, YUM! 2 things down, 28 to go!
