Norma with her two aunts - #1 is Aunt Jane & #2 is Aunt Belva

These two lovely ladies are my dad's sisters and both are quite spunky. 

Spring River - Hardy, AR

Hardy Day 2

Interesting day.  First went to Aunt Jane's and enjoyed conversation with her.  Thanks Donnie, if you are listening, for "ratting" me out on calling her elderly...she thought that was very funny and enjoyed poking me with it.  Had lunch with her, some good home made meat loaf topped off with soda cracker fudge (to die for).  Visited with Aunt Belva & husband Marland in the afternoon.  They live in a most interesting place, a mile off pavement back in the woods.  All in all a nice afternoon.  Had a great phone conversation with Beau, (miss you so much) nice to hear from her, first time we've talked since leaving Maine.  We have made plans to meet with her and Lou next summer in Okla City and take in the Women's College World Series.  Got back to the park just in time to go through one of the most intense and severe thunderstorms we've ever experienced.  Had the trailer rockin.

Trip To Hardy

Not much to report tonight.  Trip was thru a lot of farming country.  We crossed over the "mighty mississippi" on  a huge old bridge.  Its pretty amazing how big that river is.  Passed thru a lot of rice paddies much like you see in the Sacramento area. Saw multiple bi-wing crop dusters working the fields.  THEN in the middle of no where Arkansas, Imboden to be exact, we are getting gas and they guy next to us sees my plate and asks where in Maine and I tell him Sidney and he says oh i'm from Waterville and Presque Isle.  Go figure...

Excuse me Flight Attendent but could I change seats? The passenger next to me is spilling over to my space!

Parkers Cross Roads, TN

We are in a very nice RV park here and this happens to be the site of a civil war battle.  The Battle at Parkers Cross Roads took place in December 1862 when confederate troops marched on Parkers Cross Roads with 1,500 men from the 4th Alabama, 8th Tennessee, Freemen's Artillary and the 50th Indiana Infantry.
While traveling here we stopped at a large truck stop for gas and I was out at the pump when all of sudden I was being soaked by a hose from the other side of an 18 wheeler.  The driver, a woman, you don't see that very often, was washing her windshield with a hose and washing me at the same time.  She saw what she was doing and said, sorry and kept doing it.  Duh....

Eight hours of fun-filled time in the truck!

I think the animals did better riding for 8 hours than we did!  First picture Sadie is using Jackson as her pillow.  The second picture shows "the boys" discussing Tim's driving habits.