Early in the morning on September 4th we left Seattle after an all night packing session for the first leg of our trip. Fortworth, Texas was our first stop. Home of the Stock Yards, big pickup trucks on miles of asphalt, and serious thunderstorms. We chowed on hamburgers at a joint in the much improved and redeveloped downtown with Aunt Kay and Cousin Chris.
The next day we headed for LRCC, Little River Country Club, in Southwestern Arkansas. My grandparents bought a vacation cabin on the fourth hole of the rural golf course the same year I was born. This place is a country club in the gun rack on your four wheeler in your truck context. The whole family crowded in for a weekend reunion. LRCC fills up for Labor Day Weekend, fun revolves around family, golf, gasoline, and light beer. We relished the Arkansas experience while lounging in chairs stuck in the river and floating the cool waters in inner tubes.
The quote of the weekend came from a good ol' boy from Arkansas who, after hearing about our plan, marveled "well I don't know about all that, I ain't seen all of Arkansas yet."
We spent great hours visiting with Grandpa, oohing and aahing over nephews Jake and Logan and catching up with the whole family. After a great and crowded weekend we returned to Dallas for tasty Mexican food and final preparations in Plano. Another great American city, Plano offered all the shopping options imaginable all conveniently accessed by enormous roads and sprawling parking lots.
Thanks to the help of Mom, Kay, Gary and Chris, we got final pant hemming, tamale eating, shopping, banking and packing done in one more jammed day and headed for DFW to catch our flight to Copenhagen.
2 comments:
We're sorry you didn't have more time to visit us up in the NW corner of the state! Of course, it looks like you had a very authentic Arkansas Experience.
Have fun and take care,
Joe and KC
That post got me thinking - I haven't seen all of Arkansas either. I need to travel more.
Post a Comment