4/18/2019 Mercy Care

Last night Susan thought she might be coming down with a bladder infection. We looked around on the Internet to see what was available. There was nothing close that was still open. This morning she called her home doctor to see if he would call in an antibiotic. He said  she needed to go somewhere so they could do a urine sample .  We went into Eureka Springs to Mercy Care. They were really nice folks. The desk lady put all her info into the computer and then the PA came and got her. She got her prescription and we were on our way. They said they would bill us after the insurance paid,  Since Susan wasn't feeling well we just went to the grocery store and headed back home.,  Susan just rested and took a nap. I just piddled around outside. I put up most of our chairs and tables as we were supposed to get rain and wind late tonight. There were several trailers that came in and I expect this park fill be full for the weekend.  I built a little fire to sit by and cooked an early supper as it did look like rain all around. It looks like the really bad weather will stay south of us.

Always fun to have to go to the doctor on the road

Chilling before cooking supper

4/16/2019 Another Nice Day

It was a lot warmer this morning when I got up about 60 degrees. The wind was blowing so it felt pretty cool as Maggie and I took our morning stroll around the island. Their were a couple of boats fishing this morning in the protected coves. They are doing a lot of remodeling on some of the waterfront sites where we have stayed before. The lower road and sites are gone but they are building some nice elevated fortified sites, some are pull-thru and a few are back-in. When finished these will be very nice and not subject to the flooding issues of the past. I built a little fire and one of my neighbors from Oklahoma joined me for awhile. They and their friends are leaving today so we will have the top of the island to ourselves. Susan forgot her rotary cutters so we drove to Rodgers where they have a Hobby Lobby to get one. With all the redbuds and dogwoods blooming the country side drives are very pretty. On the way back we stopped in Garfield.  The Bus Stop was a place I used to get ice cream at but it is closed down now. Across the street , The Short Stop, has remodeled and enlarged to accommodate the new influx of folks. They did keep the tradition of giant ice cream cones. Of course I got one which was a small but its huge, Susan got a baby cone which in reality was enough for the both of us. I ate mine and finished hers. When we got back to camp we both took naps. Later Susan did some sewing and Maggie and I piddled around outside. We had an evening fire and retired for the night.

The causeway to the island camping

reconstruction work

These will be nice when finished

A small waffle cone ice cream

Maggie is working on her tan

The baby is leading the way

Chilling

4/15/2019 A great day of doing nothing

We had a really nice peaceful day today. The wind layed around daybreak and I built a little fire. We sat around the fire for about two hours. One of our only 2 neighbors stopped by and visited. They are from Tulsa OK. They have just started camping and trying to figure things out. I cooked us a nice breakfast and then the wind started picking up a little bit. The temperature was warming up  pretty nice as the day wore on.  Susan got her sewing stuff finally arranged and went to work. Her allergies are still giving her problems but not as bad today. Maggie and I walked the little island, there are only 4 trailers here right now. Its nice and quiet during the week. The water is beautiful and so clear, but way to cold to get in.  Evening time the wind was blowing pretty good. I set up our propane fire pit up and we used it to watch the sun go down. We went back in and watched a little tv for the rest of the night.

A nice sunrise

its about 45 so we had a little fire

cooking breakfast

Susan just a sewing

no one swimming

the water is clear and cold

Happy Hour

setting sun

April 14, 2019 Travel Day to Eureka Springs Arkansas

It was cold and wet when I got up, the temperature was around 50 degrees. We were in no hurry to leave and by the time we got on the road it was about 9:15 and the temperature had fallen to 45 degrees and lightly misting. The farther west we went the better the weather got. The drive across northern Arkansas was simply gorgeous this time of year. The red bud and dogwood trees were in full bloom and the new green leaves on the trees were bright. We got to Beaver Lake and set up. It had warmed up to 60 but the wind was blowing pretty good. We should be here about 10 days so I unloaded everything. None of the sites have water so I took my water bladder, filled it up and pumped into my trailer. I had forgot about the no water thing because usually the site we stay at is close enough for me to stretch a couple of water hoses to fill my tank. Susan got her sewing machine set up and Fox News on the tv so she is good.  I was wore out and back hurting so just rested the rest of the evening.

It was a cold drive to start with

Finally set up

Filling my water tank

Maggie was cold

Susan is set up

4/13/2019 Jonesboro Ar, Craighead Forest Park

We made a good decision to hunker down for a day here.  All the really bad weather stayed south of us. It pretty much rained all day and into the night. Maggie and I were able to get in a little walk before the rain started, The temperature never got above 54.  Its a shame we didn"t have pretty weather because this park has a lot of hiking trails. We made a run to Walmart to pick up a few things. The rest of the day Susan did some sewing hand work and I watched tv and read, oh I might have got in a little nap. Since we couldn"t cook out I went and picked up some fried catfish from a lirrle place down the road. Tomorrow we will head on toward Eureka Springs.

                                                                     Taking our morning walk

We found this on our walk.  Maybe a busy beaver? 

4/12 Travel day to Jonesboro Ark

We were in no hurry to leave Friday morning. After checking the weather it looked like the heavy winds would be dying down by 10:am. We had only received a light misting of rain. We actually got on the road about 9:30.  We were not sure of our destination today but wanted to get far enough to miss all the predicted bad weather this weekend. We ended up in Jonesboro Arkansas. It was a nice easy drive. We found a really nice City Park with a campground. It was only $15.00 a night for seniors. After setting up and looking at the weather we decided to stay here till Sunday and not travel tomorrow. Lots of rain and wind predicted but we are on the northern end of all the predictions. Sunday we will head on to Eureka Springs.

Our campsite

Free Firewood  ( that covers your camping fee right there)

Park lake pier

4/10-11, 2019 Defeated Creek TN

We have had a couple of nice days here in the park. We really haven"t done much but chill out. The park is about 1/3 full. Mostly old folks like us. Every morning and evening its like a parade with folks walking their dogs. Thursday we started getting a lot of wind but no rain. We ran into town (Carthage) to do some errands and also do laundry. We were heading to Missouri Friday to see Susan's cousin.  Her husband called Wednesday night and said they had just got back from the dr. and she had the flu. She has to have complete bed rest hoping to keep out of the hospital . Now we are just going to head toward Eureka Springs. I would have stayed here a couple of days but the park is full for the weekend. Not sure of our route, it depends on the storms that are developing.

morning dog walk

laundry day

running errans

Maggie getting some sun

We had a big site so Maggie could wander around

High winds made me pick up camp