Arkansas

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 and all the trimmings.  Lloyd, Bill's brother, got a plaque to honor him for all the years of work he had put into that church.  It was a total surprise to him and he was quite touched by it.  

Tomorrow, it is on to Louisiana to see Bill's other brother, who is in Memory Care in Ruston.  
Location: Lowell, AR 72745, USA

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