Day 2 driving home

We drove another day but we made some cool stops.  One was Pickel's Gap where we got some ice cream and let the dog watch the pigmy goats until he was too excited to contain himself.  Our next stop was at one of the sets for the Gone with the Wind, The Old Mill.  The mill was pretty of course but the really amazing thing was that the whole thing was made of concrete.  The bridges and everything that looks like it is a very old construction and made of wood is concrete.  It was made by this artist from Mexico.  Anyway, it was a neat stop though Rachel and I had to take turns walking through because Zeus was not allowed on the site.  Many of the people you see in the pics posing were wedding pics, prom, quituteria (a major birthday party when a Hispanic girl turns 15 and probably events.

We eventually got to a very nice camp site in west Arkansas on a lake and had a nice evening even though we forgot the beer.

All Good things...

We had a great time with Michael and Amy but after Zeus broke out of his new crate twice and Rachel and I were thinking about out long drive home we felt it was best to leave 16 hours earlier than we had originally planned.  I figured that would also give Amy the chance to unwind a little before she had to return to work the following morning.

We took them out to lunch and then walked for just a bit and then said goodbye at about 2.  After that we hit the road and ended our day at a decent but not great camp site in west AR.

Friday was a busy day

We got up, got a few doughnuts took Zeus for a walk at Lake Draper and then went downtown to see the inside of the botanical gardens and the arts festival.  The festival was very neat and a few steps above the typical arts and crafts festival we normally see.  We ate some great food and then came back into the city to go to the Star Trek concert Michael and Amy bought us tickets for.  That was the highlight of the day for sure...