Sing, Willy, Sing

A call from my friend Kay had us out geocaching at 7 am. Someone had posted a new cache last night and she did not find it in the dark this morning or last night. Explaining to the policeman what she was doing last night makes for a funny story. When we got there the sun was up and after a few minutes of looking I found it and got to log a FTF (First to Find). Another cacher showed up and started looking while we were there. Was nice to visit with her but I'm glad I found it first. Gingerose has hidden many caches around town.

Then we went to Little Rock to pick up Hernando. His generator is purring like a kitten again! My punishment for not running it more often was a hefty bill. Now I can hear Willy singing. Thursday we will hit the dusty trail and you will find us wandering along in the right lane..the slow lane. We had planned to leave last week, but not with a malfunctioning generator! How would I dry my hair when camping in the Walmart parking lot!!! Kentucky, here we come!

I picked up a couple of geocaches on their second try this afternoon on the way home while Leon checked out the casino at Oaklawn Park. He was impressed but did not spend any money. We had a nice visit from David after we arrived back at the dead end. Then after dinner we drove out to Crystal Springs to Lewis Liquor so I could return Chris' magazine. Joy was there..perched in her pretend office on a stack of Busch beer cartons. A friend from Little Rock had been up earlier. Her office was on the boxes of Kahlua. It just isn't every local liquor store that offers wifi! But this isn't just any liquor store either!

Geocaching treasure

Geocaching can lead you to neat places which has become less and less the case as folks are just putting them anywhere and everywhere. But recently we discovered this small fantasyland of metal sculptures less than two miles from home. The recently opened child advocacy center for abused children has created a small wonderland behind the building complete with plenty of water features. For some reason the fishing pond is empty but that did not stop the elephant from squirting water out of his trunk. Catherine Anthony was the benefactor for this center in honor of her mother, Mrs. Cooper, where I just happened to go to kindergarten in the mid 1940s! Many people my age have fond memories of her large house on Prospect. I can taste tomato juice and graham crackers as I type!

Labor Day weekend

We like to take a longer than usual walk on Sunday mornings. Not that we take that many walks! Yesterday we decided to use our season passes for a change and visit Garvan Woodland Gardens. They have a new area designed for children which includes waterfalls and caves constructed from large boulders and varying passageways. The bridge from dried twigs caught my attention! Leon and I were instantly young at heart and we enjoyed exploring the area. We then walked part of the nature trail, another new area to Leon.



My friend Becky, who has recently moved to Fayetteville from Kansas City, came to town yesterday with her daughter Paula. We spent the afternoon and evening getting caught up. We dropped in on Kay who was painting cabinets and she and Paula shared some laughs. We ended the day with a late dinner at Central Park Fusion.

We are patiently waiting to sing with Willy!! We hope to get on the road again next week. We waited too long to get the generator running and Hernando is now in Little Rock getting his carburetor cleaned. So we are almost a week behind schedule and we haven't left town yet!

Geocaching success

Saturday we enjoyed lunch at one of our favorite local spots on Lake Hamilton in order to look for the geocache hidden there. The gps went crazy and we had no luck as we did not want to overdo it with a restaurant full of muggles (people watching us).


Leon went to a Saturday matinee and I couldn't resist a return to look for the cache since the restaurant is closed in the afternoon. I don't understand why people choose such a spot with a hillside of rocks used for fill to hide a cache and the key is to look under the proper rock. But look I did and there it was just as the Belle that is housed there sailed off for the sunset cruise.

Walking again

It is hard to believe it has been a month since our last gallery walk. Kay and Darla joined us for a gallery stroll down Central Avenue while the Blues Festival was gearing up in Hill Wheatley Park across the street. I had a nice visit with a high school classmate. Kay Morgan has not changed that much and was displaying her water colors at the Blue Moon Gallery. Her focus was on life in the 50's in Hot Springs which coincides with our 50 year high school reunion next month! Yes, I am that old!!! She also had a nice depiction of Lance's, the little shop across from our high school where we all headed at lunchtime. Ah, the cream puffs.

The lady in the convertible is Betty Morgan, Kay's mother. I had not realized that Kay's grandfather was Spencer of Spencer's Corner, where he had a tobacco shop.


We had a delightful dinner in a new restaurant on Malvern Avenue. Via Roma has a great menu featuring Sicilian food. The atmosphere was most pleasant and the dining area was elegant with a homey feel to it. The service was excellent and the food was delicious. One of my former students has just opened the restaurant. When I taught him they had just recently arrived from Romania.

Busy day

I took my sister to the airport in Little Rock bright and early for her trip to North Carolina. Well, actually it was 8 am before we left. Her friend Ed caught a ride for his one hour later flight to Florida. Leon drove over earlier with the van and dropped it off at a generator fixit shop! We have delayed our trip in order to get the generator going. Why did we put it off to the last minute? It is just something that I do.
The day was delightful weatherwise so when we got home we went geocaching. Somehow that led us to the Chinese buffet and we then had to come home for naps. Later in the day we were geocaching again at Leon's request! We stopped by Kay's for a short visit. One of her lights had slipped down and Leon gratiously tightened the screw. She has the most awesome new rugs.