Arrived at Dam Site Park on Greer's Ferry Lake

May 21 – We managed to get up earlier than normal and on the road by 8.  It was a dreary

Our site, still setting up!

day and some of the worst roads.  I did spot one deer along the highway and should have counted from when we left home the number of dead armadillos.  We stopped at 10 and changed drivers and took our break near Tupelo.  Then it was on to Memphis.  Although we didn’t really spend much time on interstates, the roads were 4 lane pretty much all of the way.  I HATE driving through Memphis!  It was just as stressful as the last time we came through.  There was no rest area before or after Memphis and I was hungry and needed to go to the bathroom.  We had to wait until we got into Arkansas and the rest area said “no trucks” so I was afraid to try it towing the car.  A bit further up was a pull off for trucks with no amenities.  It used to be the weigh station.  It was fine for us and we had a nice lunch and watched the traffic passing by. 

Arkansas has had rain every day in May until today I think.  The farm fields were flooded, the rivers were overflowing and muddy.  There was water everywhere.  It was a bit stressful once we got off the highway in Searcy (where my sister-in-law Donnette is from) as we had to navigate through town to get our road out to Heber Springs.  Donnette had recommended one road as it was not as curvy as the other.  It was all 2 lane and I know people didn’t like getting behind us, but oh, well.  It took about 40 minutes and Bill wondered just how curvy the curvy road was as this was a bit hilly and curvy.  We will drive that one in the car one day.

Doing what she does best!

We arrived at Dam Site Park at 4:30 and had no trouble finding where we needed to be.  We met the couple who work the camping entrance 5 days a week and they are parked next to us.  We are literally right after the building.  The couple, Barb and Bob, live in Heber Springs and go home on the weekends to do laundry and mow their grass.  They are contracted and get paid. 

We got set up pretty much but will do more outside once Bill sprays the weeds in our site.  We get our own storage shed which is nice to keep the bikes, holey boards and bike hitch in.  I’m sure we will find more stuff to put there while we’re here.  We need to get a lock for it though.  While Bill was washing the RV front I did the floors.  It was badly needed!  While putting things away Bill found his missing ring in his sock drawer.  Thank goodness!  I guess it was too loose and fell off when he was arranging stuff.

It was pretty chilly this morning so I opted for capris, smart choice as the longer we drove the cooler it got.  It is supposed to be in the 40’s tonight.  No need to run the AC!  We drove around to check out where Jean and Paul will be parked when they visit in June and the space does not exist.  I texted Jean and he will call tomorrow and see what happened.  There are 10-12 parks around Greer’s Ferry Lake and one is called Heber Springs so I think the reservationist booked him there when he said Dam Site Recreation Park in Heber Springs.

I hadn’t taken out anything for dinner so we had a frozen bagged meal of Chicken Alfredo.  I put in the last piece of leftover chicken and it was the right amount for the 2 of us.  With a side of cantaloupe it was perfect.  I couldn’t get the satellite to work and really didn’t feel like dealing with it so spent time sorting papers I stuffed in bags and tried to get a bit more organized.  We both did some reading and Bill went to bed first.  We had some windows open and it was chilling down so hoping for a good night’s rest.