We departed Dyersburg, TN yesterday morning at around 8:00 am and arrived at Little Rock AFB, AR at 1:00 pm. It was a good trip except for some of the rough roads we encountered. I thought parts of Georgia had about the roughest roads I've ever been on, but now I'm putting Arkansas at the top of the list. That will probably change as we continue with our travels.
We had a good time in Dyersburg and got caught up on all the family happenings from my aunt. Everyone there seems to be doing pretty well, just getting old like the rest of us. :) Of course with age comes the aches and pains that we all have to endure. There were a few things around the place that was getting hard for them to do so I did what I could to help. It definately looks a lot better too! My aunt loves to go to yard sales, so we went Friday morning. There weren't many bargains to be found, but of course Becky and Barbara managed to find something to bring home. One thing about yard sales, you can always find a bargin.
I parked the RV in their back yard and managed to get stuck (no bad though) due to the rain we had. It made the grass very slick and I just couldn't get any traction. You'd think with something weighing in at over 18,000 I could just pull right out. My cousin came over with his 4-wheel drive truck and between the two trucks it came right out. I then took the rig over to his house where the ground is a lot harder. Hopefully this will be my first and only time to get stuck. Maybe I should have gotten a 4-wheel drive truck (nah).
Anyway, we're here at the base and I'm loving it!! Being retired Air Force I enjoy visiting any base I can. Hopefully on this trip we'll be able to visit several. It's like going home to me since I'm pretty well military through and through and I'm not likely to change anytime in this lifetime. :)
We took a trip down to Little Rock and surrounding areas to do some shopping. It's pretty easy to find things around here, but if you use the GPS like we did you probably will get lost. We went to Kohls, PetSmart, Camping World, and on the way back stopped and ate at Golden Corral. It was a very good day!
Tomorrow we will be heading back to Little Rock to the Arts Center. They have an exhibit there with a few hundred Egyptian artifacts and we're going to check it out. I'll let you know how it goes on our next update. Until then, On The Road With The Snows.
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