Our plans were to go to Maumelle Corps of Engrs. Park in Little Rock (while we visited Francis’ doctors) but when the Federal Government shut down I decided to call to be sure the park was open. After two days of no answer finally called the park direct and was told they were closed and did not know when they would be able to open.
Thankfully when I called Baker RV in Southside just out of Batesville (we had reservations there beginning Oct.17), Chris said to come on she would have a place for us. We were glad to be off the road and able to visit with the children and grandkids. One evening when leaving Jana’s there was a beautiful sunset.
While we were staying at Baker our friends Jim and Mary Ann stopped by on their way to Texas. Decided to drive over to Heber Springs taking a back route to show them our cabin. This was not a good idea since the road was washed out
but we were able to drive through the creek to continue.
Big Creek was a favorite swimming hole when the girls were growing up. It is still a beautiful area even with the road out.
Never made it to our old cabin but did see lots of beautiful colors and enjoyed yet another outing with friends.
We have decided that it is time to downsize and start part-time travel. We have always planned to be close to our girls when that time arrived.
While we were at McHugh (outside of Anchorage) this summer Francis had downloaded a CAD program that we used to work on some house plans to build on our land at Pleasant Plains. After many changes, moving walls, etc. we felt we had a pretty good idea of what would best fill our needs.
When we arrived in Batesville we took the plans to a contractor that we really like. He advised us that with the number of houses on the market we could probably buy something for what the building material would cost him for a cabin of approx. 1200 sq. ft. He estimated that to build on our land would cost roughly $175,000.00.
So we decided to start looking. The result is on Nov. 4 we purchased this house in Desha just out of Batesville.
Francis has already put in electricity for two RV sites and our motorhome is on one site. We look forward to friends stopping by to use the other site.
For Thanksgiving the family met at Joy’s home in the Ozark National Forest. It is approx. 130 miles but it took 4 hours
Just like traveling in Alaska . . . not many roads in the area and the ones traveled are very crooked.
Driving along between Piney Creek and the rocks on a one lane road. If you meet traffic someone has to find a place to pull off.
Icicles along the rock bluffs.
White tail deer in field next to Joy’s house.
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