Thanks guys!

The Ouachitas, I think, are named after an indian tribe and are east of Hot Springs. Where I go is about an hour west of Mt. Ida, in the Caney Creek wilderness area.

http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm...amp;amp;wname=Caney%20Creek%20Wilderness

The arkansas stones I'm not sure about. I do know that there are several shops west of Hot Springs that sell various rocks and crystals.

The Ozarks are my old stomping ground as I grew up there. After getting out of the navy I moved to Little Rock. It centralizes me so that all points are within 3 hrs drive.

As far as the Quachitas/ Taco Bell connection, the closest thing I can attest to was seeing about 20 Mexicans eating something out of a huge dutchoven hanging from a tripod on one of the old logging roads. I can only guess it was chili or mexican strawberries.

I may have to make one more trip once I get my knives before it gets hot. Nothing in the mail yesterday, so hopefully today!