Sister Jane flew over from the Netherlands to Tampa for a Siblings Reunion in Mt Ida Arkansas on lake Ouachita. Mt Ida is a little town just down the road from Royal Arkansas and near Crystal Springs. If you are ever driving and don't know where you are... then you might be very close to it. We got cabins at the Shangri La Resort. (It's an older hotel built in 1956 sitting on the lakefront. It has "free Wifi") I tease about the Wifi, the real special thing at Shangri La is the PIE. Every day Grandma makes 30 pies. I saw two pontoon boats full of people on some type of tour tie up at the marina and all troop into the restaurant to eat pie, just pie.
You can see todays pie list on the white board. Coconut, Chocolate, Banana, Lemon, Peanut Butter, Butter Scotch, Blueberry, Cherry, Dutch Apple, Dutch Strawberry, and Pecan.
But, I'm getting ahead of my self.
Let's discuss all the steps
in this two week long trip.
Step one: Sister Jane lands and visits Clearwater Beach for 3 days. Touring by car and bicycle even out to the beach.
6:45AM swimming
Step two: we drive to Arkansas and stop along the way. The first night we stopped in Defuniak Springs, Florida, plus one stop was in Yazoo City, MS. The next day we stopped at Indianola, Mississippi to visit the BB King Museum.
Another Truckstop Friend
Defuniak Springs dinner!!!
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Yazoo is a 'dead city.'
Step three: we visit Scarlett Kell in L.R. Jane and Scarlett have been friends forever, so I was along for the ride. Scarlett is very recently retired, so we had lots of stuff to do on her list.
Step four: THE LAKE. Family Photos and Fun!
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Step five: drive Jane to Atlanta for the flight back. First stop Tupelo MS and the birthplace of Elvis. We got Jane to the ATL airport right on time with no stress.
Step six: I finally arrive home, 2 weeks after Jane arrives, broke and tired knowing I have to put the car in for an oil change. Now I'm playing catchup trying to get current. Since arriving back home: A. Get blood drawn for the Doc. B. My annual Physical. *blown tire / new bike rack. C. Finally write all this on my blog. D. Next week two more, different, Doctors Appointments.
