Category Archives: Conway

The Wampus Cat statue in front of Conway High School, where my wife went for half her senior year. The mascot of the University of Central Arkansas is a bear. The longer I look at this, the less I think … Continue reading →

The Dr. Edmond E. Griffin Planetarium, tucked into one of the buildings on the Conway campus, offers shows to the public on Fridays. I finally got up the energy to go see one called “Two Small Pieces of Glass — … Continue reading →

Years ago, when we happened to be visiting Arkansas in May, I went to Toad Suck Daze to buy Toad Suck, Arkansas T-shirts for several coworkers. At that time, the festival was held along the river at Toad Suck. Since … Continue reading →

Between my east bank and west bank adventures at Toad Suck, I visited another local attraction — Cadron Settlement Park. It’s also an Army Corps of Engineers site, and like Toad Suck, doesn’t really amount to much. Cadron was the … Continue reading →

My in-laws live in the thriving city of Conway. It was a dinky half-dead town when I first visited 29 years ago, but since then it has become a commuter community for Little Rock and the place where every franchise … Continue reading →