Conair Ar-Memphis Tn.-Clarksville Tn.-Christmas

Thur. we got up relaxed had our coffee and bible study. Below is 3 pictures out our windows.We never want to leave, simply beautiful!  We left the park and went to the Ford place to find out why we had a water leak. What they came up with is we had condensation.  It hasn't leaked since so we are thanking God it wasn't anything bad.  We left there did some laundry then met some sojourners for lunch.  We found out Wed. at church the Tillies live near by. We sat in the restaurant for prob. 4 hrs!!! 

 Thur. we drove to Petit Jean State Park. It was the first state park in Ar. The story goes a man from France was coming to U.S. to explore he was to be married and his wife to be wanted to get married before he left so she could go.  He said no she wouldn't take that for a answer so she cut her hair and went on ship as a cabinboy. All went well till they were to leave to go back to France when she got sick and died.  She asked to be buried on the Mountain.  Her name was Jean and they called her Petit Jean.

The Park had very good markings in the picture above is one of them!!. We were heading to Rock House Cave walking thru turtle rocks.

Rock House Cave which has pictographs

 

The park has many places to pull over and take pictures of the valley.

The next 3 pictures are of the lodge.  Here we had a wonderful lunch and relaxed with coffee by the fire

 

This is called the "Eye of the Needle" This place was  great to climb all the rocks we just wish we had the kids and grandkids to enjoy it with us.

Sat. We woke up to  a fog.  After we got hitched we need to empty our gray water.  We got going then stopped for break and subs which we ate when the traffic came to a complete stop  in a construction area.  We were glad we knew about and it did not come unexpected.  We got to Germantown Tn. and met some of the sojourners the Hames.  We went to"Sees candies" where they work then to Pizza and Panera"s.

 

Sun.  We got up dressed met the Hames for breakfast.  After church we left for Clarksville.  We wrapped ourselves up in wrapping paper and rang the bell.  The kids didn't know what to do.  Finally they unwrapped us and were very surprised. We played downstairs before going to Cracker Barrel then back to Shannon's for cards.  Lin and I didn't stand a chance hope for a chance Mon.  

 

 

Mon. we got up and went to Shannon's.  The girls went shopping and out to lunch and I took the boys to lunch and ice cream.  That evening we went to Sha's church for a service. Then we went to Sha's where Jen's family met us.  Linda and I got into this box for the girls didn't know we were here.  They were surprised when they saw us.    

The kids did three different crafts before Santa came.

 

 

Santa came and brought gifts to all the kids. Shannon also had made dinner.  A taco chili, corn chowder, cheese and sausage, cheese cake and more. DELICIOUS

 

Tues. MERRY CHRISTMAS

We got up early and went to Sha's saw them open there gifts and a great treat we skyped with Al. We then had the breakfast rolls. The kids played with their toys then we left for Jen's after a ham dinner with all the fixings(DELICIOUS) we had a talent show and played games.  Betty, Fred, Steven, Kari, and Addy came we ate dessert and played more games.

Here the kids are modeling the socks that they did as a craft from Sha's.  

Wed. IT SNOWED

 

we woke up to snow on the ground and later the snow flurries were very strong.

We spent the day at Shannon's and had a great time. Deigo and I finished his sailboat.  While Linda and Xander shot at each other with the Nerf guns. Then she played with Lililmarie.  She made split pea soup with the ham bone from Jenny's.  Later we watched two movies and had dessert.

 

 



Snow, Pilgrimage to Bethlehem, Hobbit, & heading east

Thur. we got propane for the rig we have been using it alot lately. We went to Starbucks for it is to  have bad weather the next two days and we wanted to get in on the buy one get one drinks. We went for a long walk around the park.  When we went to the clubhouse they had soup and rolls we had it for dinner and lunch Fri. The cloudy weather is already here. 

 

Fri. we watched in disbelief as we saw the shootings in Conn. We left for Sedona on the way we stopped at Starbucks buy one get one free. On the way we saw the snow on the mt. tops

 

Then to Pilgrimage to Bethlehem. They put you in Bethlehem at the time of Jesus birth. They had a market and what it would be like with tax collectors, Roman solders, bread makers, corn millers, people selling nuts and fruits, flowers, making wheels for carts, olive oil, stones for nickles and bracelets, and much more.

They then had a play about Mary and Joseph and where Jesus was born.  With over 50 singers they sang the story.  Then they had the singers change into everyday clothing and told of Jesus on the cross.



Sat. we got up went and watched Hobbit in a small single theatre.  We then went to Subway for there monthly sub special (meatballs sandwich). Then enjoyed some Christmas specials on T.V.               Sun. we got up to see snow on the picnic tables and the truck.  It was neat to see the snow on the higher elevation.

 

 

Sun. night in Cottonwood they had a Christmas Concert for the Central Arizona Food Bank.  It was a free concert with refreshments they ask for a donation.  Here in this picture is the High School glee club.  A person played the bagpipes, they had a juggler, a clogger and many other entertainers.

 

Mon we got up early and started going east. As we were leaving the park we saw this air balloon. 

Flagstaff had snow lots of snow.  It made you feel like you were in Christmas Wonderland. I am so glad we came this way and glad that the snow on the road was gone. 

We stopped in N.M. at a Visitor center. I thought we were going to drive thru the desert(boy was I wrong)we took time to make a couple snow balls.

This is coming into Albuquerque N.M. the temp in high 40s

This is going out of Albuquerque where our campground is temp low 30s and over 1000 higher.

 

Tues. this is not a good way to wake up. All of the windows were covered with ice.  It was a long time before I could see to leave and we were worried about going down a hill that was iced.  We were lucky that we did not unhitch the night before.

This was  a different type of wind mill you can see the elect. box on the bottom. Notice the ground has little life to it and is flat.

After going up a mountain and coming down to the valley this area is flat and has lots of trees. After a long day we stopped at Clinton OK.

Wed. we were going to have a easy day we got up an hour later had to do some computer work but we drove another 400 miles. This was one of the overpasses we thought was different.  We drove to Conway Ar. As we parked the truck we noticed some fluid on the ground so we will be going to the Ford dealership Thur. We will be here for two days. After getting the rig level we went to walmart for Subway and fuel.  Then we made it to church by 7