Tn. Williams, Alvarezs, and and Drs.

Thur. after breakfast and bible study we went to LiliMarie's school f or lunch at 10:35.  They had there ham and turkey lunch with all the fixin's.

Fri. we went and had lunch with Diego.  We brought food from Wendy's.  Later we got him from school and went shopping.  After dinner we watched a movie then played with there sugargliders. Linda played Sorry with the kids.

 Sat. We played more sorry.  The guys went to Buffalo Wings, the girls went shopping then to Hendersonville for a hoilday village craft show then I met the girls and Williams at Demo's for dinner.

Sunday after church we met at Sams for pizza and shopping there and the mall.  We had dinner then played cards. Monday we had breakfast then a Dr. appointment which he found a ingrown toenail and did a partial nail removal. The nail was 1/4 inch into my skin.  In my afternoon  Dr. appt. he removed 5 spots and Wed. four more we get the results in two weeks. As we were leaving it was snowing.  Linda did a great job driving in the snow.

Tues. I made it thru the night and got the bandages off.  Linda is a good nurse not much pain.I am nervous about tomorrow. wed. this is the fifth morning in a row we woke up in the 20 degrees. We got to the doctors they took the four stitches out then got me ready for four more spots to be removed.  I was again more scared and nervous and yes it did hurt. That night I stayed home and got alot of things done that I was getting behind on.  Linda, Jennifer, and Yun went to Clarksville for dinner and bring the girls home..

On our way to Tn.

On Fri. we drove to the Barksdale Air Force Base in La. Our friends John and Ellen drove us there for we were all hooked up to leave on Sat.  We enjoyed the day and got to eat at Ralph and Kacoo's. We shared their seafood special a red fish, craw fish and shrimp.

We drove all day Sat. and got to Grand Ole RV Resort around 4 got set up and went to Jen's for pizza and dessert.  Fred and Betty are here they came along with Addie and Kari. On Sunday we all met for lunch then we went to Jen's.  they had bad weather alerts so we left late to get home to our area flooded.  We were grateful that Linda got to borrow Mackenzie boots. On Monday I went to Jen's to help Chris get the kitchen table and benches ready for staining.

 When I got home we moved to another camp sight then back to Jen's for cards and dinner.

On Tues. we were to go to Shannon's but ZZ and Linda were both sick.  It gave me time to catch up on the blog and do other paper work. wed. was a much better day.  We got up and left for Clarksville.  It was nice to see the family. They had put a crock pot on and dinner was delicious.  

Last Days in Hot Springs Ar. and back to Marshall Tx.

Thur. we went to Hot Springs National Park to Hot Springs Mountain. We went to the 216 foot tower. We had a great view and looked a the display on the history of the town.

Fri. we drove to Garvan Woodland Gardens run by University of Arkansas. The picture below is of the Anthony Chapel 138 feet long and 60 feet tall it has 1230 sq. ft. of glass skylights and 9860 sq. ft. of wall glass. It cost $5.8 million which was all donated.

The next two pictures are of the flowers, bridges, ponds, leaves, and the start of the Christmas decorations. 

  

Sunday after church we drove to Marshall Tx.  On the way we stopped by some corp of eng. campgrounds.  We may stop sometime in the future. Since Monday was a holiday we did not do a sojourn.  We did get alot of things done around the rig.  We moved it so they could winterize the area it was parked in and I washed the truck.  We drove to Longview got our hair cut and had dinner at Newk's.  We did get back in time to play cards.  The girls won both Mon. and Tues.  Linda worked in the office and I helped with the add on to the pole barn on Tues. Wed. and Thur.  As you can see from the picture below it was cold.  In the high 20's on Wed and Thur.

Hot Springs Ar.

Fri and Sat we just laid around and got better.  On Sun. we went to church then left for Hot Springs. We had a great trip below is one of the pictures of the leaves changing. After we got here we drove around and went to the information place.  Then to Dinner at Bleu Monkey Grill we both had the Fire Cracker Shrimp.

 The next three pictures is the  view out our rear windows. Linda is enjoying watching the Good Morning America and the Today shows, her coffee, and the view out the window.

We went to McClard's BarB-Q and had there ribs.They were nice and spicy.They were on the food channel.

 Here are some pictures of the bath houses

 Mountain Valley Spring Water is headquarters here.  We went through the museum and office.

 There were statues and many murals in the city.

We had a potluck dinner here tonite.  They  supplied Popeye's chicken and drinks.  We played bingo afterwards and Linda won a sun visor hat which she gave away.  We then went to church and came out to 45 degree weather which Linda said she's ready to come to Fl. (well me to!)