My wife was attending a three-day dulcimer workshop in Mountain View, and I went along to sightsee in the area while she was busy. On Friday, I drove to Blanchard Springs (then owned and operated by the U.S. Forest Service but since transitioning to an Arkansas State Park). This wasn’t my first visit, but it had been a long time. I wandered around by the spring and picnic area, then headed over to the caverns and reserved my place on a cave tour. I had enough time to bird a nearby trail through the woods.
The caverns are large and impressive, about as open for long views as any I’ve seen and with lots of amazing formations.
The park wasn’t around when Club 52 was organized, so there’s no passport from here — not yet anyway. The state is making some changes that are scheduled to be completed in 2028. I’ll have to visit again.