Little Rock, AR

Well we finally got ourselves to leave our comfy rv park in Branson and head on south. We drove down to Little Rock, AR today and enjoyed the scenery on the way. Sorry about the picture quality, I was shooting on the go through the windshield. Stopped at a little cafe in Marshall, AR on the way down for lunch.

We are parked for the next few days in the Downtown Riverside RV Park which is actually downtown on the side of the river here in Little Rock. We had stayed here a couple of years ago and were happy with the park. Hope to get the bikes out for a ride while we are here. Beautiful weather here again today, ran the air conditioner for awhile. 

Kicking Back

On Sunday we went to Mass in the morning. We said goodby to our friends who had to go home, and just relaxed the rest of the day. We were glad to have them for our tour guides while they were here and miss having them here. Today we needed to catch up on laundry, so Janice worked on that while I worked on a few things on the motorhome and relaxed. Deciding to extend our stay here for another day and leave on Wednesday seemed like a good idea to give us another down day before hitting the road so that is the plan for now. Our plan for the next week or so is coming together little by little. So far the weather has been great, so no urgency to move south quickly yet.

Shopping Day

We took it easy today, went to a couple of outlet malls with our friends for a few things and had lunch at a Mexican restaurant. Got home about 5 and then we got together with them for a couple of card games. This is a busy town on Saturdays! Glad to be home and not out in the traffic. Here are a few pictures of our campsite.

Dixie Stampede

We invited our friends over for biscuits and gravy this morning and then in the afternoon we all went to the Dixie Stampede for their Christmas show. On the way in we checked out some of the horses.

It is a dinner theater in a large indoor arena. The pre-show act was a juggler that had a really good show. His name was Albert Lucas and he cleaimed that his dad was the plate spinner that appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show several times. (Trivia for my older readers). After the pre-show, we moved into the main arena for the dinner show. The lighting and effects were great and so was the food. I only had my small camera with me and the lighting wasn't very good for pictures, but the riding and the acts were first class and we really enjoyed it.

Silver Dollar City

One of the Branson attractions in called Silver Dollar City. It is a large theme park located near our RV park. We spent the day there today with our friends. It was pretty busy, but not as busy as it is in the summer. They a lot of shows and crafts people working there to watch. Now is their Christmas special time so they have a lot of lightsand Christmas decorations up.

The blacksmith shop.

The candy shop with 16 lbs of peanut brittle poured on the table and broken into pieces.

The glass blower.

Janice with Santa.

Janice with Santa and Mrs Claus

We watched a show in the saloon theater and then went down to watch this Cajun band play.

The lights at night were beautiful.

Then we watched a lighted Christmas parade.

This tree was a multicolor light show set to music.

And one last picture with Santa. It was a long day today and we are tired.

Day 1, Post Election

We stayed up waaay to late last night watching the election returns, so we got a late start this morning. We made plans with our friends for the next couple of days. Silver Dollar City on Wednesday and The Stampede on Friday. Today we did a little driving around and a little shopping. Drove down the Strip, and shopped a little downtown and at The Landing.

The Landing is on the edge of a small lake and has a couple of water fountain shows. This one is a small fountain.

This one is on the edge of the lake and the show is set to music.

It's a little hard to see, but there are gas explosions occurring on top of the pillars when the music has a heavy bass note.

It was a short but fun show to watch and we enjoyed the day. Looking forward to Silver Dollar City tomorrow.