Rogers, AR: Date Night On The Road

After another tough week on the road (they are all sooo tough). MLA wanted to celebrate by going out to dinner for a 'date night'. Unfortunately for her she doesn't know anyone else here in Arkansas so she was stuck with me as her date.

Actually the date night idea was just a ruse MLA used to get to a 70% off sale at Cracker Barrel. They have been advertising a 70% off sale on selected items starting today. She wanted to find out if the selected items included anything she might select...

So, after moving the RV this afternoon from on top of the hill to a site down by the lake we were off to catch an early dinner. Actually Cracker Barrel is OK with me; they have a mean grilled catfish dish with a salad and several veggies -- delicious. Add a sweet tea and you are good to go.

MLA did find a hat on sale that, after the 70% discount, came to a total of $6 + tax, so she was quite happy. So was her date. Anytime we can get out of a store only spending $7, I'm happy. She looks good in hats and they provide very good sun protection so I like to see her wearing a hat.

Me, I look like an idiot in a hat, especially baseball hats. And of course, baseball hats are 'in' for the RV set. Everywhere you go they are giving away baseball caps with the names of RV's, RV accessories, RV Parks, and of course, RV destinations. Oh well.

When we moved today we unloaded the motorcycle since it sounds like the rain may stop sometime next week. The lake is several feet above it's normal level. They have the floodgates open trying to lower the lake level however they don't expect Beaver Lake to get to it's 'normal' level until sometime in October. Pretty amazing when you consider how much drought this part of the country has experienced in the last couple of years.

In any case, when the sky's clear MLA & I will take the motorcycle on some of the back roads around here -- maybe as far as Branson, MO. Branson appears to be about 1-2 hours away so that would make a great day trip.

MLA also wants to look at a few campgrounds in Tulsa for the week of Christopher & Rachael's wedding so we'll take the Harley, weather permitting.

The lake here is beautiful. Pretty large and not very crowded. Tomorrow I plan to tell Christopher to 'get on the stick' and buy a house on the lake with enough property for us to park the RV whenever we come through this way -- seems very reasonable to me...

Until later -- See Ya!