Thanksgiving and Beyond

We arrived in Siloam Springs, Arkansas Wednesday evening before Thanksgiving. We filled the rv with gas at station on the end of Bob and Dot's street before we parked the rv in their driveway for a week. We were worried that the price of gas would go up while we were visiting.

Thursday we went with Bob and Dot to feast at the methodist church downtown. Many of their friends were also there to enjoy the Thanksgiving meal. We spent much of our time catching up and sharing stories of family and friends.

Bob and his dad decided to go shopping on Black Friday. They found a 19" LCD flat screen tv on sale in the Wal-Mart circular. They planned to be there when the sale started at 5:00 a.m. Not me! I was ready to sleep in.

Wednesday morning, Bob and his dad left at 4:45 so they could get to Wal-Mart by sale time--and no, I did not sleep in, but I didn't go shopping either. They came home about an hour later--each with a new tv. Bob's dad put his in his office and Bob put ours in the rv to replace our 'old-fashioned' tv.

Friday afternoon we all ventured out to do some shopping in Siloam, but we didn't buy anything else of consequence.

Saturday we all went to Fayetteville (about 25 minutes away) to do some geocaching and more shopping. We found 6 caches, had lunch at Arby's and shopped. Bob and Dot showed us the small grocery (Aldi's) where they like to buy their bread. It was a unique store, but on Saturday afternoon the bread was sold out!

Bob and his dad installed the new flat screen tv in the rv on Sunday. They built a shelf to put under the tv as it was 4 inches shorter than the old one. They mounted the shelf in the cabinet, then mounted the tv on the shelf. They made a metal brace to put behind the tv to keep it from bouncing around when we are on the road.

Dot enjoyed cooking for us while we were there. We went through 3 pies (chocolate chip, rhubarb and lemon meringue) and many home baked cookies. Bob and his dad challenged each other to see who had the most. As you can see, it was too close to call!

Geocaching was on the agenda for Monday. We went to Oklahoma to find our next caches. The Oklahoma state line is three or four houses away from Bob and Dot's house. We had not been there in many years and were surpised to see a casino across the state line. We drove about 20 miles into Oklahoma and found 6 more caches.

Tuesday was a laundry day as we were leaving on Wednesday. We had a great time visiting Bob and Dot, but it was time to get back on the road so we can be in El Paso well before Christmas.

Wednesday we left Siloam about 11:30 and drove to Tinker AFB near Oklahoma City. We plan to stay at the FamCamp through the weekend.