Jul 27, 2014 - Fort Smith, Arkansas has a lot of history

First the weather - temp at 100 and the heat index at 105-108. But standing still in the shade with a light breeze blowing by makes it okay. we may get rain tonight. Rio, the cat, is happy for the 3 night stay at this KOA. On Saturday we spent a good deal of time at the Fort Smith National Historic Site. Military, Indian and US Marshal history are the focus and it is all very well done. We missed an opportunity to see a reenactment of one of the trials that was held in Hanging Judge Parker's Court after the Fort was closed. The events sell...

Jul 25, 2014 - Pam and Tom - On the Road

We got a late start on Thursday, 7-24-14. But we finally hit the road and arrived in Sayre, OK (approx 410 miles) about 6 PM (Central Time). So that was not too bad. We were both quite tired from the preparation for departure so we did nothing but get a little organized. We never want to take the organization to an extreme so we will always have a little bit of "mess" but we are comfortable. The city of Sayre has one public park that includes RV spots with hook-ups. The park includes baseball diamonds, a pool, miniature golf, an 18 hole...

Jul 14, 2014 - W Memphis, AR

This is such a pleasant RV Park we decided to stay over, the guys worked on the Scheffler's coach most of the morning trying to get electricity to their coach. Finally was successful, so now they are good to go until we get to Indiana. We have enjoyed some gourmet meals, but this evening we decided to go into Memphis to the Peabody Hotel, watch the Duck Walk then a dinner out. Tomorrow we leave for Savannah, TN where the Battle of Shiloh occurred.

Jul 10, 2014 - Back to North Little Rock

We have returned to Riverside in North Little Rock for just the night. Foxy couldn't wait to drag Joe across the bridge to the Clinton Library. Her wanderings were curtailed a little when the worst thunderstorm came through. As the Garth Brooks' song so aptly recalls....the thunder rolls...and the lightning strikes...and Foxy turns into a scared doggy. Luckily, the storm passed pretty fast and we were able to calm her down and she had a good night.

Jul 9, 2014 - Ashdown, Arkansas

We left the Dallas area and decided we'd stop for lunch in Sulphur Springs. Although we're not huge barbecue fans, Texas really does have great barbecue, so we thought we'd get that for lunch before we left the state. We found a big parking lot where we could leave the RV and car and walked to the restaurant. When we returned, I noticed that one of the cables attaching the car to the RV was torn. When Jay looked at it, it turned out that a more important one was also torn…. The brakes to the car. UGH! So I found a truck parts store in town...

Jul 4, 2014 - May 1st thru 14th, 2014 - On the Road Again

With all of our "honey-do's" behind us, we were ready to hit the road. May presented us with a few things on our agenda. On May 1st, we packed up the RV and Benny headed north to Sheree and Jim's house in Emerson, AR. I went the other direction in the car and headed south to Ponchatoula to pick up Mama and then take her with me to Sheree's. It was about 9 hours of driving for me, but it wasn't too bad. I got an early start and picked Mama up and then we headed north too. Benny got there around the middle of the afternoon and me and Mama got...

Jun 30, 2014 - Last day at the lake

I stayed up until midnight looking at the wedding pictures again. Jordan's Mom posted over 400 pictures she took with a camera and her cell phone to my Facebook home page in an album. I still haven't looked at them all, but I'm getting there. Jackie was up at 4:00am to walk this morning while it was a little cooler. He came in at 6:30 without a dry thread on him. He took his shower and I got up at 7:00. We had some breakfast while looking at this beautiful lake. It was very peaceful and quiet. A nice start to the day. We left at 10:30 to...

Jun 29, 2014 - Back to real life

First of all, let me tell you I added some pictures of the wedding to yesterday's entry if you want to see them. It was a most beautiful day!!!!! Last night I slept better than I have in weeks. I barely woke up in time for church this morning, and I had to wake Jackie up. He slept right through his walk time today. We hurried around and made it to Woodlawn Free Will Baptist Church with a few minutes to spare. That is our home church but since we are hardly ever here anymore it is always good to see everyone. After church we met Sandra and...

Jun 28, 2014 - WEDDING DAY!!!!!

Where do I begin talking about today. It started at midnight last night, and except for short catnaps I've witnessed it all. I did not sleep well at all and was wide awake at 5:30am. I finally got up and had some breakfast and took a shower. Then I straightened the house a little and made the bed and it was only 7:00. So I played on the computer until time to leave to get my hair done. I got back home and wasted time until time to get dressed for the wedding. We had to be there at 12:30 for pictures. We got there a little early and the...

Jun 27, 2014 - Wedding Rehearsal Day

My sweet husband let me sleep in a little this morning. He walked very early and came home and got in the car and drove to Taylor's Store (no relation) and brought me chocolate gravy and biscuits for breakfast. He woke me up at 8:15 and told me my breakfast was waiting. Now that's how it is supposed to be after 32 years!!!!! It was very sweet and I told him so. After breakfast we drove into town and he dropped me off at Walmart to get my nails done while he ran some errands. When I was finished we shopped some and came back home. I did a...

Jun 26, 2014 - Decorating the church

I slept in a little bit this morning. I didn't get up until 7:45am. I guess I knew I had a lot to do today, so my body said "GET UP"!!!!! I had a little breakfast and made the bed and showered and dressed for the day. Jackie walked his 10 + miles before I even opened my eyes. I did a couple of loads of laundry and we left for town. We stopped by the church in Dardanelle and Cendyl, Sara, Lisa, Gina, Mamie, and Sharon were hard at work on the sanctuary decorations. It is going to be so beautiful. I didn't do much except show Jackie "THE...

Jun 25, 2014 - Another busy day

Now listen up folks.....This morning I got up at 5:30am!!!!! No I wasn't sick....but I had to be at the dentist's office at 7:00 for my semi-annual check-up and cleaning. That was the only time they could get me in this week while we are in Russellville. I made it but the world sure looks different at that time of the morning. While I was in town, Jackie was walking his 10 miles here in the park. If you look on his Facebook page it looks like he was walking on water part of the way, but he wasn't.....there is actually a jetty out into the...