Well happy holiday to all of you out there in quilted collies blog land. Ha ha.
Couldn't put any notes out the last few days as we lost our internet access. If saw on Facebook we were able to catch the little dog I mentioned and send him to a nice home. A maintenance man here at the park took him and came and got him the minute we called, after that is he went out and prepared the place for him. Last I heard he was doing well and starting to play with the other pups tho still skittish of humans. That may take a while it the Larry I think can tame him. In fact Leroy had the dog on his lap when Larry came to get him. Once he couldn't get away he relaxed considerably.
We didn't find any diamonds at the mine but we decided we weren't sent there to do that. We were sent there to find and catch the dog, learn about rocks and minerals and learn to look at the earth in a much closer way.
We went around town before we left and took some good pictures. There was a house that had Halloween/fall decorations and Xmas decorations. Think they were saving time and hitting them all at once. We saw a brick house that had add ons on both sides and the back, beautifully done, and it covered a 1/2 block. Many angles to it. It was newish add ons and very tasteful and beautiful. The add ones were wood and replicated the theme of the brick salt box style.
So anyhow that was about all we did. I did some more hiking on a long trail. Leroy did some more mining.
Last nite Leroy must have gotten the flu as he was so cold, chills, achy and such. Sent him to bed and this am he didn't feel any better so I drove today, towing car and all. I did pretty well I think. Took it out of the park and thru some small towns. Then when we got here to Texarkana Leroy decided that would be to hard and insisted on taking the wheel. I am here to say it would have been fine. He can't let go unless it's to his benefit and I need to, then it's amazing how much I can do. We are here at a KOA which isn't the cheapest place in town but we will probably just be here tonight.
Not sure where we are headed tomorrow. Leroy didn't was to to eat so I went and got my much needed coffee and a chicken sandwich. Mainly just to get away.
Washing the last load of dirty mining clothes and then feed the dogs and take them out again for a nighttime stroll.
You should have seen the sunset. It was distinct swaths of color of orange, pink lavender, blue, and other shades but it was so beautiful.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Sun 11/23
Well I guess it is time to come on and tell you about our time here at the diamond mine state park in Murfreesboro Arkansas. I should also tell all of you reading this that I hope you have a really nice holiday.
We will be leaving here on thanksgiving. We will have been here 14 days. We have stayed here so long because the people in this town and park and area have been so nice and the weather has been pretty good. At first they were just beautiful days and you would go out on the diamond field and roam around and meet people and just sit in the beautiful sunny day or visit or pick thru rocks you had sifted. Now me who can never relax has found this the most relaxing time. My doc would be proud of me. We have a beautiful campsite with full hook up surrounded by trees and except for fri and sat, out of state seniors get a nice low rate. We have washed windows, cleaned out the basements of the RV, rearranged stuff, tossed out stuff, cleaned other other cupboards and rearranged. It's really been nice as after you are in these things a while to find out what you don't need and better ways to arrange to make life easier. About the first of dec. it will have been one year in this RV. We have a pretty good rhythm going now and praying that we won't have any unforeseen problems we are doing well. I really like not having all the tethers one has or that we had. Leroy seems to be adjusting better also. I think this will have been a good experience for us.
Murfreesboro is not much more than a blink in the road except for this park. I may have told you about the mine so won't repeat that. So far we haven't found any gold tho they are finding it around us, guess it's just not in our future. But we have learned a lot about rocks, found some other gems and in general had a good time. The dogs enjoy it also when we go out there. The staff is incredible and we have gotten to know some of them fairly well. The young ones always gravitate to us. Down here it doesn't take long it seems to meet someone and develop a friendship. So yest I baked them a co uple dozen sugar cookies and took them down to them today. That was worth hugs to go around.
There is a estuarine in town that is called buddy's hWg house. The food is pretty good and the people are delightful. One young waitress one nite said when I ordered a diet coke to go with my already bad for me meal "do you really want diet coke, it's not good for you and it's full of aspartame". She then in her sweet young innocent southern accent voice proceeded to tell us about the dangers of aspartema. Leroy and I then had no desire to order it and settled on lemonade(of course I hesitates to tll her how bad that was for me). She was the sweetest thing. The next time we went in there we met another little gal. It was breakfast time and she was tired and punchy from not getting enough sleep secondary to her young 9 mo old daughter. She was talking about the news and made some comment about the fact somebody was old (70's). And Leroy couldn't hold it and he made some smart remark and she turned red and then she just kept digging her hole deeper. Then she recovered and talked about her old parents (60's) and came over and squezzed me. She was stunned Leroy was 70. Anyhow it was so cute, so innocent, it just made the whole place laugh. She then proceeded to come and sit with us and visit. We found a guy who hooked up our dish receiver and he told us all about the tax base and anything else we wanted to know. Had a couch in his work area and people just sit down and visit. I met this cute young man here and tried to adopt him but he has nice parents and didn't need anymore. These people go out of their way for you. I had to get my glasses fixed and they go way out of their way for you. It's just nice to have your faith renewed in people.
It's nice to remember how friendly people can be, we do not find that in the northwest.
There is as >13" beagle loose in the park. He has been dumped and probably abused. He has been here all summer and no one an get close to him. One of the maintenance men is going to take him if someone can catch him. Well guess who is doing their damdest. Leroy. He hangs around us,loves the dogs and we have almost grabbed him a couple of times and almost got him in the crate once. He is so lonely and now with the cooler temps he shivers. I think I may have told you he steals shoes. So possibly we can catch him before we leave, otherwise possibly we have made some in roads for catching him. People down here do have an antiquated atitude towards pets and handling which is a bit hard for me but you do what you do and that's all you can do.
Weather here was rainy for a few days, not like the nw but heavy downpour type rains. Then a front went thru and it is getting colder every day. High20s today.
Well that's about all for today. I probably repeated stuff. When we leave here it look so like we will be headed to Shreveport Louisiana bq
We will be leaving here on thanksgiving. We will have been here 14 days. We have stayed here so long because the people in this town and park and area have been so nice and the weather has been pretty good. At first they were just beautiful days and you would go out on the diamond field and roam around and meet people and just sit in the beautiful sunny day or visit or pick thru rocks you had sifted. Now me who can never relax has found this the most relaxing time. My doc would be proud of me. We have a beautiful campsite with full hook up surrounded by trees and except for fri and sat, out of state seniors get a nice low rate. We have washed windows, cleaned out the basements of the RV, rearranged stuff, tossed out stuff, cleaned other other cupboards and rearranged. It's really been nice as after you are in these things a while to find out what you don't need and better ways to arrange to make life easier. About the first of dec. it will have been one year in this RV. We have a pretty good rhythm going now and praying that we won't have any unforeseen problems we are doing well. I really like not having all the tethers one has or that we had. Leroy seems to be adjusting better also. I think this will have been a good experience for us.
Murfreesboro is not much more than a blink in the road except for this park. I may have told you about the mine so won't repeat that. So far we haven't found any gold tho they are finding it around us, guess it's just not in our future. But we have learned a lot about rocks, found some other gems and in general had a good time. The dogs enjoy it also when we go out there. The staff is incredible and we have gotten to know some of them fairly well. The young ones always gravitate to us. Down here it doesn't take long it seems to meet someone and develop a friendship. So yest I baked them a co uple dozen sugar cookies and took them down to them today. That was worth hugs to go around.
There is a estuarine in town that is called buddy's hWg house. The food is pretty good and the people are delightful. One young waitress one nite said when I ordered a diet coke to go with my already bad for me meal "do you really want diet coke, it's not good for you and it's full of aspartame". She then in her sweet young innocent southern accent voice proceeded to tell us about the dangers of aspartema. Leroy and I then had no desire to order it and settled on lemonade(of course I hesitates to tll her how bad that was for me). She was the sweetest thing. The next time we went in there we met another little gal. It was breakfast time and she was tired and punchy from not getting enough sleep secondary to her young 9 mo old daughter. She was talking about the news and made some comment about the fact somebody was old (70's). And Leroy couldn't hold it and he made some smart remark and she turned red and then she just kept digging her hole deeper. Then she recovered and talked about her old parents (60's) and came over and squezzed me. She was stunned Leroy was 70. Anyhow it was so cute, so innocent, it just made the whole place laugh. She then proceeded to come and sit with us and visit. We found a guy who hooked up our dish receiver and he told us all about the tax base and anything else we wanted to know. Had a couch in his work area and people just sit down and visit. I met this cute young man here and tried to adopt him but he has nice parents and didn't need anymore. These people go out of their way for you. I had to get my glasses fixed and they go way out of their way for you. It's just nice to have your faith renewed in people.
It's nice to remember how friendly people can be, we do not find that in the northwest.
There is as >13" beagle loose in the park. He has been dumped and probably abused. He has been here all summer and no one an get close to him. One of the maintenance men is going to take him if someone can catch him. Well guess who is doing their damdest. Leroy. He hangs around us,loves the dogs and we have almost grabbed him a couple of times and almost got him in the crate once. He is so lonely and now with the cooler temps he shivers. I think I may have told you he steals shoes. So possibly we can catch him before we leave, otherwise possibly we have made some in roads for catching him. People down here do have an antiquated atitude towards pets and handling which is a bit hard for me but you do what you do and that's all you can do.
Weather here was rainy for a few days, not like the nw but heavy downpour type rains. Then a front went thru and it is getting colder every day. High20s today.
Well that's about all for today. I probably repeated stuff. When we leave here it look so like we will be headed to Shreveport Louisiana bq
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