Some of Everything!

June 6 – After breakfast and our 2 mile walk, I was already tired but we needed to get in more hours so we loaded up and headed to the giant shrubs.  We put in about 1.5 hours and you can now see some results.  We still have some trimming to do on the entire section but it’s getting there.  So many old branches underneath and it will take time to green up again but won’t be so sprawling. 

After resting and showering we decided to have lunch at the top-rated local restaurant,

Along the Little Red River

Chuck’s Diner and Steakhouse.  There were lots of cars and it was pretty full.  They had the list of the day’s desserts posted and all sounded yummy but we passed.  The other board listed the specials and sides for the day.  Bill went with the meatloaf sandwich which he thoroughly enjoyed.  I had the breaded pork loin with sides of corn salad and cukes and tomatoes.  The pork was excellent and especially good since I don’t normally eat fried foods.  The corn was not what I expected so won’t have it again.  The cukes and tomatoes were delicious.  They were kinda pickled in a sweet vinegar dressing and even all the onions in it were good.

Remnants of the old bridge

Across from the restaurant were the remains of the old bridge that used to cross the Little Red River and read the marker.  It was replaced in 1979.  Then we drove to the other side of the old bridge and into a small park where the fishermen put in and park.  There were quite a few people in the river, mostly fishing.

Next stop was Bridal Veil Falls.  If we didn’t know where it

was we would not have seen the sign.  It’s a small turn off a main road and then again we almost missed the next sign which was just one word “Falls”.  There’s a small parking area and a huge marker.  From where we parked it’s a short walk to an overlook so you can’t really get a good look at the falls.  We could see people down in and saw the path to go down but think we will save that for when Kam comes. 

Bridal Veil Falls

Back on the main road we saw a 5^th wheel with 2 blown out tires stranded along the road.  There were a couple of vehicles stopped to help but we wondered where on Saturday in this small town would they find tires.  The Wal-mart here doesn’t have a tire/service department.  We also passed a doe that got hit.  I don’t understand not hauling it in to be butchered.  What a waste!

Time for the errand part of the day.  I know it seems like we go to Wal-mart a lot, but Bill is trying to get some of his scripts transferred and it’s not going well.  We stopped again and they still didn’t have it so if we’re there I go ahead and get what is currently on our list.  We went to McDonald’s for wifi but Bill hadn’t charged his laptop enough and I felt bad having him just sit there so we didn’t stay long.  We stopped at Auto Zone and picked up the seat covers he ordered.  While there we learned that one of the guys who works there got the call from the broken down 5^th wheel and he got a hold of the tire store owner who went in and got the tires and was on his way out to service their RV.  I guess it helps to know everyone in town.  It was a woman and her 2 children, so she was very lucky. 

I checked my corn crib and it was empty so either the deer came after the weather settled last night or this morning.  I don’t think to look out when I get up.  I put out feed and after dinner looked and we had one big doe and at the same time I got to see a hummingbird getting some dinner.

Work tonight was really slow since most arrived during daylight hours.  There are always some who show up in the dark between 9 and 10 to get a site.  The campground is pretty full so we just sent them to the tent loop that is the last choice.  It seems to always have something left.