There is nothing better than having a variety of options available to me. Especially when it comes to music....I love having choices! It's no different here in Arkansas...our radio in the hotel has choices. Do you want to listen to country, country, talk, country, or country?
Poor little armadillo!
Sunday, we decided that we needed to get out of the "dry" county we were in and get some wine....so we headed to Altus, where there are about 5 or 6 wineries. We had to get back to Aunt Edna's because "the kids" were coming, so we stopped only at Wiederkehr. A german family who had a dream of building a winery and chose this area because it reminded them of Germany. After a couple of tastes and some purchases, we headed back to Aunt Edna's place to greet some more kinfolk. 
This is Mom with her brother Ted , her brother Alvey Joe, and her sister Edna.
Mom with her sister Norma Sue and Norma's husband Floyd. 
Pat & I with our cousin Hal David. Hal and I share the position of fourth child of six. 
Cousins Donna and Debbie....Donna is Edna's 2nd born and Debbie is the 5th. It was fun spending time with our cousins. Donna and Pat hadn't seen each other for 20 years. Donna is full of fun jokes and stories and loves to entertain.The NEXT DAY......we decided to drive to Heber Springs. My dad was CFO at Rockwell International in Anaheim until he was forced to take an early retirement at 55 years of age. He decided to move back to Arkansas and live a more quiet, simple life. So he and his wife Patty moved to Heber Springs and built a house on the Little Red River.
From Clarksville, we drove about 2+ hours to get here. 
This fruit market is right at the town entrance and carried a variety of things including sorghum. We like their claim to fame though, "the fried pea". 
This picture is for my darling husband: this is his dream vacation home. What more could a fisherman ask for than a bass boat in the driveway and a fish mailbox? 
This is the house my dad built. The people who now own it made a room out of the garage and added the carport in front of it. My dad lived here for about 10 years until his death.
This pic is taken from my dad's driveway looking across the road. My dad owned that land as well and had a barn there with a huge garden planted. It has obviously been sold and the owners built a house on the land. 
This is the back of Dad's house overlooking the river. 
The steps down to the dock and river 
Here is his dock at the back of his house where he kept his fishing boat
From Heber Springs, we traveled north another 2+ hours to Oxford where my cousin Pam and husband Dennis live. Pam and Dennis own a hog farm. They have 5000 sows and provide pork for Farmer John, Tyson and other companies. Pam was taking care of her grandson Jude because he was sick and his mom is in school to obtain her RN. He was a real cutie and we enjoyed playing with him until his dad (Pam's son Chad) came to pick him up. We had so much fun visiting with Dennis and Pam! They insisted we had to spend the night because of the dark winding roads and so we did. They drove us to Melbourne where we bought toothbrushes (because we obviously hadn't intended on staying overnight, so brought nothing with us) and took us to dinner. We had catfish and hushpuppies with slaw. You would think we would have had ham, pork chops, etc. Nope, but the catfish was great!
Here we are at the restaurant. Pam loves to travel and said if we ever get together for a sister trip and want a cousin to tag along to give her a call. We may just do that. Lots of driving but a great time!
From Clarksville, we drove about 2+ hours to get here. 
This fruit market is right at the town entrance and carried a variety of things including sorghum. We like their claim to fame though, "the fried pea". 
This picture is for my darling husband: this is his dream vacation home. What more could a fisherman ask for than a bass boat in the driveway and a fish mailbox? 
This is the house my dad built. The people who now own it made a room out of the garage and added the carport in front of it. My dad lived here for about 10 years until his death.
This pic is taken from my dad's driveway looking across the road. My dad owned that land as well and had a barn there with a huge garden planted. It has obviously been sold and the owners built a house on the land. 
This is the back of Dad's house overlooking the river. 
The steps down to the dock and river 
Here is his dock at the back of his house where he kept his fishing boatFrom Heber Springs, we traveled north another 2+ hours to Oxford where my cousin Pam and husband Dennis live. Pam and Dennis own a hog farm. They have 5000 sows and provide pork for Farmer John, Tyson and other companies. Pam was taking care of her grandson Jude because he was sick and his mom is in school to obtain her RN. He was a real cutie and we enjoyed playing with him until his dad (Pam's son Chad) came to pick him up. We had so much fun visiting with Dennis and Pam! They insisted we had to spend the night because of the dark winding roads and so we did. They drove us to Melbourne where we bought toothbrushes (because we obviously hadn't intended on staying overnight, so brought nothing with us) and took us to dinner. We had catfish and hushpuppies with slaw. You would think we would have had ham, pork chops, etc. Nope, but the catfish was great!
Here we are at the restaurant. Pam loves to travel and said if we ever get together for a sister trip and want a cousin to tag along to give her a call. We may just do that. Lots of driving but a great time!
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