Cruizin' for a Cause

So much starts on facebook these days. While posting on the Remember in Hot Springs site Brad commented how fun it would be to cruize Central like in times past. It grew into a plan and became a benefit. How could the police interfere with a benefit drive?  In the fifties it was quite popular with my group to go around the fountain. By the eighties the traffic got so bad around K-Mart and Burger Chef that the city put a stop to it.

Kay Ekey and group visiting with Brad Lovell in the old K-Mart parking lot.

These girls had a blast and let everyone know they were in the HSHS class of '75.

Always nice to have our sheriff get out and have some fun too. Larry was surprised that I remembered what color his panel truck was when he drove it to Lake Hamilton as a student there.

Folks seemed quite interested in this Cobra.

Yep, this is Arkansas..anything goes!

And around the fountain they went. We chose to drive to the Arlington and sit on the bus bench and watch. Had it not been a Razorback game night and a Friday night of the county fair there probably would have been a much larger crowd.  

I was surprised that nobody put soap in the fountain!! I had my turn long ago and wanted to give others a turn.

 

 Lots more photos on Facebook.

Hot Air Balloon 101

So we were on the way to breakfast and as we passed Cornerstone we spotted Spa Force One and the early morning crew. "Brakes, Leon!" How fun to watch from beginning to end.

I never realized how really small the baskets are!

Good idea! Especially if  you are pilot Mike Hickey.

Things are starting to take shape - it does take a crew.

It is eight stories tall and 58 feet in diameter and has 872 yards of nylon material held together by seven miles of thread.

Up, up and away!  It contains 90,000 cubic feet of air when inflated and can lift 1,980 pounds.

At last .. on to the English Muffin .. I am starving! But what a great way to start the day.

Spa City Blues Society Festival - final night

We enjoyed 4 nights of fabulous blues music. No doubt, it was the best festival yet. Wheatley Plaza is a good location with the Army Navy Hospital in the background.


Leon was quite excited about his dessert while I was enjoying bar-b-q.

 I instantly became a fan of E.C. Kight, aka the Georgia Songbird.

I didn't expect to run into so many cousins but had a nice visit with Greg and Barbara.

Then along came Steve.

Scotty Harris was amazing on saxophone and Roxy joined the group on her viola.



But the highlight, in my opinion, was Greg and Lee Oskar, and the crowd seemed to agree.

So we enjoyed the festival tremendously and got the shirt to prove it!

Getting ready for travel

I ordered a hitch immobilizer from Blue Ox to keep the bicycle rack from bouncing. Tomorrow I will flush the black tank. Not one of my favorite things to do. We are going to be heading for Savannah, Georgia in October. Should be fun.

Goodbye to toys

I said goodbye to my motorcycle and my Hobie Kayak. The motorcycle went to a young man in Springfield, MO and the Kayak went to a gentleman from Tennessee. There was a time when I would have used them but that was long ago. Well on to the next project, maybe another quad or a sail boat, or how far our we from the sea I've always wanted to surf?

Singing the Blues

Wouldn't you rather be geocaching? Decisions, decisions! We were over in Malvern locating a few caches and these folks kept being in our way as they were cleaning up the city parks. We have done most of the nearby caches and have to travel a little further these days.