July 3-6 4th Of July at the Lake

Our plans changed a little. We headed to Waco to see Kevin. He called last night and said he was in the hospital due to heat exhaustion and his kidneys not functioning. He was completely dehydrated and they were pumping fluids in him. He was much better by the time we got up there. His kidneys were almost back to normal  and his blood sugar was down. The doctor said it looked like they might let him out the next day if he kept improving. We stayed a few hours and then headed to the lake. Mike/Kristi and the girls were already there. It was a long day and we were tired . It was close to 8:00 pm by the time we got there.  .Mike, Mackenna and I did take a little boat ride as the sun set. July 4 it was a nice morning, I got up and sat outside watching the sun come up. The lake is still high but the water is down so you can use the boat dock. The Monks came this morning( friends of Mike/Kristi) and they have two/kids.  They all skied and tubed most all day having lots of fun. Susan and I just chilled at the house. We had burgers and sausage for supper. The Monks brought fireworks to celebrate . Kevin did get released from the hospital today.  The doctors wont let him go back to work till Monday. Friday morning Kristi took Ashley to A&M for a volleyball camp. The Monks had to leave for home. A little later Kerry/Mel and two of the girls came up for the day. They are buying the lot next to Kristi"s  everyone is excited about that. We had a pretty quiet day. I put some boudain stuffed pork loins on the smoker for supper. Another day of tubing and skiing for the girls. Late that night GregMelanie and their two girls came up. Saturday was a big day of swimming and boating activities. Sunday morning we got up early to head home. As we were leaving we had a flat on the car. Glad Greg was up because I had never changed a tire on the CRV, I couldn't figure out where to put the jack or how to rig up the handle. Got the spare on and headed home.We had a good time.  Tomorrow I will put some new tires on Susan's car.

4/23/2019 Dequeen Lake,Arkansas

Monday we spent the day just picking up and packing everything so we could leave first thing the next morning. Our original plans were to go to Daingerfield State Park for about 3 days and then head home. We changed to going to Dequeen Lake, rest a day, and then head home. We pulled out about 8 on Wednesday morning and headed out. We had a little light drizzle for the first hour and then it quit. The drive between Fayettville and Fort Smith is sure pretty. Lots of hills and hollers. We had a nice easy drive stopping once to get fuel and a bite to eat. We arrived at Dequeen lake at about 1:15.  Five to six hours is about as long a I want to drive anymore. We will rest up tomorrow and then head home Thursday morning. We have stayed here several times over the years. The lake is pretty high right now and not as clear as usual.  We had a really nice evening and I cooked pork chops on the grill.

the water is still high

the water has gone down some

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They are rebuilding a few waterfront sites

4/21/2019 A Beautiful Easter Day

Another chilly morning and then a nice warmup the rest of the day. Plenty of sunshine and clear blue skies on this Easter Sunday. We stayed in camp all day and just enjoyed the weather. By 2:00 the campground was down to about 7 campers total. For supper I fried up backstrap and it sure was tasty.  Mackenna"s volleyball team played in Dallas this weekend, We sure hated not being there but they placed 5th in the Gold Bracket. There was probably close to 150 teams there. Mackenna was injured the first day when she rolled her ankle. Its pretty swollen so she may be out for awhile . Tomorrow we will start packing up getting ready to head back to Texas. We will be leaving here Tuesday morning..

a cool morning

just chilling

not many folks here now

Kingwood Revolution Elite 15   (Mackenna is wearing the boot)

4/20/2019 A Little Shopping Today

When I got up this morning it was pretty chilly around 42 but the wind wasn't blowing. As the sun came up it warmed up and became a really nice day. We had a nice little morning fire and I cooked breakfast outside.  Later we headed out. Susan went to one quilt shop and another shop which had all kinds of stuff but also a room full of fabric. She found some for a quilt she is making. There were lots of folks in town today. We drove up to Holiday Island and went to one store. We had planned on a late lunch there, well lunch was late as there was nothing open to eat at. We headed back to the trailer and just chilled the rest of the day.

Susan looks cold

She warmed up shopping

walking back to our little island

They have put several martin houses in the campground

a nice calm day

4/20/2019 A Very Windy Day

We had a nice sunrise with clear skies. It was cold but the big thing was the wind. it blew 20-25 mph all day long. I had to put our hot water heater on electric mode because the wind was just right to blow the flame out. There was no sitting outside as the high only made 60. We took a little drive thru the country. First we went down by the dam and looked around. Then we went to a little winery in Beaver (pop 100) called The Railway. It was a nice little place , his wines were mostly semi-sweet to sweet.  He did have a good red muscadine which I really liked. When we left there we headed into Eureka Springs. We had a surprisingly good Mexican food lunch at La Familia. We had thought about getting tickets to the Passion Play but because of the wind and cold we decided to go to the Ozark Mountain Hoe Down instead. We headed home and took a little nap.  The park was starting to fill up with trailers as everyone was getting ready for the weekend. That evening we went to the Hoe Down. We usually go once every time we are in the area.. They have a new cast and it was very good, gospel and country music. When we got out to come home that night the wind had finally died down.

nice sunrise

below the dam

below the dam headed to Parker rBottom Campgorund

 

one of the sites along Spider Creek

Railway Winery

One Lane Bridge in Beaver

Its wooden

Passion Play rd

Passion Play rd

Passion Play rd

headed downtown

main street

main street

main street

main street

The Hoe-Down

4/19/2019 A Wet Dreary Cold Day

We got some rain and wind last night, it wasn't bad as we missed all of the really bad weather. The wind and light drizzle continued most of the day. The temperature fell to about 49 degrees about 10:00 am. We pretty much stayed inside and watched the libertards cry and whine and try to change the narrative of the Mueller report. I put a pot of chili on for supper. Susan did start feeling better and did some sewing.  Lots of trailers came in setting up for the weekend. The weather will be getting sunny by tomorrow but still pretty cool.

a chilly stroll today

sewing time

it was clearing by sunset

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