by Pa Rock
Traveling Fool
I made a trek across northwest Arkansas this morning and into southwest Missouri where I had to check up on a couple of rental properties and a few old friends. It is the first day of spring, and the scenery along the way was accordingly beautiful.
The trip was pleasurable, though uneventful. I drove through small towns, past flea markets and roadside quilt shops, and by a couple of herds of little goats. Interspersed among all of the Walmart trucks clogging up the roads were farmers taking their cattle to market, mini-buses taking senior citizens to market, and tourists soaking up the scenery. I did see some sort of emergency drill on the public square of Yellville, Arkansas. (Isn't that a great name for a town!)
The low point of the day was lunch at Braum's in Springdale, Arkansas. Braum's was always my dad's favorite place to eat and is somewhat of a mecca for us old farts. I hadn't even seen a Braum's in a decade, so when I came upon the one in Springdale I decided to stop. I had a burger - and regretted it. Who puts mayo on a burger? And there was enough vegetation between the buns to clog a composter.
But it was great seeing old friends this afternoon and catching up.
Tonight I am at my sister's new home in Fayetteville, Arkansas - go Razorbacks! Gail has a 65-inch flat screen television. Watching it puts me in mind of olden days at the local drive-in theatre!
Traveling Fool
I made a trek across northwest Arkansas this morning and into southwest Missouri where I had to check up on a couple of rental properties and a few old friends. It is the first day of spring, and the scenery along the way was accordingly beautiful.
The trip was pleasurable, though uneventful. I drove through small towns, past flea markets and roadside quilt shops, and by a couple of herds of little goats. Interspersed among all of the Walmart trucks clogging up the roads were farmers taking their cattle to market, mini-buses taking senior citizens to market, and tourists soaking up the scenery. I did see some sort of emergency drill on the public square of Yellville, Arkansas. (Isn't that a great name for a town!)
The low point of the day was lunch at Braum's in Springdale, Arkansas. Braum's was always my dad's favorite place to eat and is somewhat of a mecca for us old farts. I hadn't even seen a Braum's in a decade, so when I came upon the one in Springdale I decided to stop. I had a burger - and regretted it. Who puts mayo on a burger? And there was enough vegetation between the buns to clog a composter.
But it was great seeing old friends this afternoon and catching up.
Tonight I am at my sister's new home in Fayetteville, Arkansas - go Razorbacks! Gail has a 65-inch flat screen television. Watching it puts me in mind of olden days at the local drive-in theatre!
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