July 6, 2018 Our Last Day

We had a really nice morning, Maggie and I took our usual long walk. We sat outside enjoying the birds  and the squirrel's  playing. Susan came out when she got up. I cooked breakfast outside and then we went in for a little while. We decided to go swimming and drove up to the swimming area. They have a really nice swim area here. Great picnic tables under the shade trees and easy parking. They have a pier with steps to get into the water and a platform you can swim to and jump from or lay out. We enjoyed floating for awhile. Some small showers approached us and we heed back home. They also have a cemetery inside the park, it was drizzling so I didn't check it out for more information. Later that day we got some pretty good thunderstorms. We just relaxed the rest of the evening. Tomorrow we will head home.

July 5, 2018 Lake Bob Sandlin State Park

We pulled out about 7:30 am not sure about where we were heading. We stopped and ate breakfast in Texarkana at the Cracker Barrel. I called Dangerfield State Park to see if they had a site for two nights. They had sites but none we could fit in. Next choice up was Lake Bob Sandlin State Park. The Ranger said he could accommodate us so we headed there. It took about an hour and 15 minutes to get there. They let us drive in and pick our spot. No waterfront sites we could fit in but we found a nice site. We have full shade and good cell/internet service. I couldn't get our satellite to get a signal. We wanted to go swimming but it looked as if we might get rain. It threatened but never happened. Maggie and I took a walk around the two camping loops on our end. They have two other loops but the Ranger said we probably wouldn't fit there.  I really like this park, the only drawback is satellite. We just read (Susan hand sewed) and chilled. I cooked hot dogs for supper and watched a movie. Will check out the rest of the park tomorrow.

July 1-5 Degray Lake

We got on the road to Degray Lake about 9:00 am.  It was only about a 2 hr drive over winding, bumping small 2 lane roads.  Jamie & Belinda beat us there, Our site wasn't water front but we had a water view. Shouse Ford is our park and its on the north west side of the lake. We had a nice shady site. Cell service was spotty but sometimes you could text but no internet. I finally managed to get satellite tv going. It was pretty hot for the next 3 days. We did some swimming and just chilled. We went in to Arkadelphia one morning to wash clothes.  We decided that since it was so hot we would just head back to Texas on the 5th. We can be hot there.   July 4 was the first nice day we have had. The humidity was down and we had a nice breeze all day. Lots of boats and jet skis on the lake. Maybe we jumped the gun on the weather but we will see.

6/30/2018 A Short Move Today

We have a one night stay before we get to Degray Lake. We could only squeeze 4 days of reservations there. We will meet Jamie&Belinda there as they went a different direction. We picked Lake Nimrod for our lay over. We got on the road about 11:00 am.as I called ahead to see if our site was open. It only took us about an hour and 15 minutes to get there. Our site was nice but tough to get into.  Two big pines and a narrow road. Finally wormed my way in about 10 minutes. It was a nice park but we had no cell/internet service.  I also couldn't get satellite tv.  Full shade which we like but comes with a price. Whew we are roughing it now.  Maggie and I took several walks and this is a nice little park. We cooked a ribeye for supper and watched DVD movies.

6/29/2018 Another Wine Day

The mornings here have been warm but compared to the rest of the day they have been pretty nice, I talked to Lou this morning and Susan and I went and visited with her. Around 11:00 we met up with Jamie and Belinda at the Mount Bethel Winery. This another place that I enjoy especially with the history of the place. After leaving there we went to the Post Winery. We left there and got a bite to eat at the Owl Roost, not much on looks but they make a great cheeseburger. We then headed up the mountain to Chateau Aux Arc for a little more wine tasting. Then we went to  Dionysus Wine & Brew, a little bitty place further up the mountain.  After that we changed gears and drove to Mulberry to another quilt shop in the middle of no where .We finally headed home.

Post Winery

Mt Bethel Winery

June 28,2018 A Wine Day

The mornings are still fairly nice. We sat outside and watched the world go by. After breakfast we  headed out with Jamie and Belinda. We drove to Paris to find a quilt shop, what  a shocker. Finally found it in the middle of nowhere. Jamie and I just stayed in the truck cause the only place to visit would have been the chicken barn. When we left there we headed to Cowie Winery. We had never been there before. it was a quaint little place. There was a yard full of bells and a small chapel. We tasted a little wine there and bought a few bottles. Lunch was our next order of business and we found a nice little café in Paris to eat. A very friendly place and good food. Next up on our list was Wiederkehr Winery. This is one of our favorite places. We did another little round of wine tasting and then bought lots of wine. We left there and visited the old church up there on the mountain. It is a beautiful church. After that we headed home wore out and tired. We just chilled inside the rest of the evening.

our morning visitors

Cowie Winery

Cowie Winery ,  The Small Chapel,  The owner Bob  has his wifes ashes interned under that bell 

 

Wiederkehr Winery

June 27,2018 Heat Wave Has Made It Here

The morning started out pretty nice . We sat outside and enjoyed all the birds singing. There was a gaggle of geese that took a stroll past our camp. We had a tugboat pushing a barge come thru the locks on  the river. I scrambled some eggs and sausage for breakfast. Jamie came down and ate. Belinda was feeling bad and he had to take her to the ER here in Ozark. She had sun poisoning (from previous outing to Artesian Springs) so they gave her a steroid pack and antibiotics. Susan and I made a run to the store and then did a little sight seeing in the country. When we got back it was starting to really warm up. We both took a little nap. It finally hit a 100 degrees at 5:00. Our trailer is in full evening sun so the ac was struggling. It still felt good inside compared to the outside temp. Belinda was feeling better and we went down there for the evening. Their trailer has good shade but we sat inside and visited till about 7, Jamie and I then went out and started grilling fajita meat for supper. We had a fairly nice evening out and headed home about 9:30 pm. I took Maggie for her evening stroll. We had a full moon coming up.

Watching the river traffic

visitors

The view of the dam and lock from an overlook

Our trailer is about in the middle of this picture

almost to a 100

Supper time

Nice moon coming up