Starship III

We stayed at Lincoln Parish Park a couple of nights backed up to a beautiful little lake.  Been here several times before while visiting Bill's (now) oldest brother.  Charles is now in Memory Care in a very lovely facility.  He has Alzheimer's and is not doing well.  He starts a sentence but cannot seem to finish it with any cohesion.  Please keep Charles and wife Wanda in your prayers.  It's very sad to see him like this and has been especially hard on Bill.  From there we went to Lakeview United Methodist Conference Center in Palestine TX  Lakeviewmcc.org    (double click)  We worked here many times and is one of our favorite places to work.  Josh Pulver, the new President, showed us around the acreage and new buildings that have been built since we were there last about 4 years ago.  This is where Cheryl did the 153 stained glass crosses for the Gift Shop that came from the Chapel windows.  Got to Port La...

We are doing our usual driving time, from about 10:40 a.m. until about 3 p.m.  Why 10:40?  Well, we don't TRY to make 10:40, nor do we try to NOT make 10:40, it just happens that we leave about that time!  A couple of times early in the trip we left at 9:40, our bodies hadn't made the switch in time zones. We reconnected with Cheryl's friend of 40+ years and spent some good time with them.  Bill saw kids and grandkids, Cheryl and Janice did lots of shopping and just hanging out.   Then to North Little Rock to see one of Cheryl's cousins which she hasn't seen in about 15 years.  We enjoyed spending time with them.  Got to eat David's Burgers, REAL burgers, hand pressed and cooked on a flattop, with endless fries, hand cut. Yummy! Then to Pine Bluff, where Bill was raised.  Went to Trinity Lutheran Church Sunday where Bill grew up.  They had their 125th Anniversary celebration.  Special service plus lunch of fried chicken a...

We left the Phoenix area Tuesday morning, it was about 90 degrees.  Spent the first couple of nights in Cottonwood AZ visiting with my cousin, Barbara and Clyde.  Got to Amarillo on Thursday afternoon - it was 34 degrees!  Sent the bodies into shock!!! Even the girls didn't want to go out!  Got to Cave Springs AR (just outside Fayetteville) at an RV & Golf Resort, near our friends Janice and Lloyd.  Had dinner with them last night and we went shopping today while Bill had lunch with his brother.  Had a few small (big???!!!) problems along the way with the coach and car, but we just said "Oh, Well" and dealt with them. Good Little Travelers