Thursday Morning

Tuesday started out wonderful! but by late afternoon, it was apparent that not all was well with The Midget. She became dazed, could hardly walk, she was burning up with fever. She had been having some discharge ever since her last heat and it had gotten worse and worse this past week. Of course all this happened after 5 pm! So yesterday morning Chuck and I went to town and visited Wright Animal Clinic. She still had a fever of 104 degrees. So it must have been a lot higher than that the night before! Seems she is going through doggie menopause and this is not that unusual. She has an infection in her uterus. He gave her two kinds of antibiotics and this morning she is feeling better. Still not quite The Midget, but you can tell she is feeling better.

This morning arrived with a few clouds and raindrops, but it should clear off. Chuck and I were going to leave today but because of The Midget, we decided to stay one more day. This was a very good veterinarian and I want to have him near in case these meds do not work. So we will leave Friday to head for Ardmore OK and then up to Anadarko OK so I can browse thru some of the Native American art galleries and beading supply stores! Next stop will be Quartz Mountain State Park in SW OK. We spent one night there last September and decided we had to go back and visit again when we could stay longer, it is a beautiful park! I'll post some more photo's later. I mainly wanted to tell you about The Midget.

Tues AM mid Morning

I got to go out on the boat! Chuck was in charge of pulling in Al's bait trap. Al and Fran decided to leave. Their hometown of Mena was destroyed by tornados a few days ago. Easter, they left camp and went to their church to help feed folks and survey the damage. They came back and stayed yesterday, but felt they needed to be back in Mena, helping where they could.


Captain Mountainborn! A great boat captain!

A group photo! People keep coming and leaving. We decided to try for a group shot. Today Tom and Karen left, as did Fran and Al. From left to right... Geri, Chuck, Karen, Tom, David, Rachel, Larry, Betty and Aubrey.

Goodbye to Fran and Al, it was great to have met you!

Goodbye to Tom and Karen! (and Susie!) It was great seeing you again! Happy Trails!

Tues. Morning BEAUTIFUL !!!

FINALLY ! We woke up to a beautiful warm morning! The sun is shining! Chuck went out in the boat with the guys to see if there were any catfish to be hauled in. I took the Midget for a walk and found a birdhouse full of panicked, squawking birds flying about and a trio of squirrels playing on the roof and plundering the inside rooms of the birdhouse! It was a comical to see, but the birds probably would not think so!


I loved this old tree! It just had so much personality! Got a few of the panicked birds on the far right limb! You can see the full size of the birdhouse to the right too!

This set the mood for a tranquil morning. The colors, the reflections just begged to be noticed!

I love Lake Greeson! This is one of the best campgrounds I have ever been in! Dogwoods in bloom everywhere! Rolling hills, beautiful lake! I could live here! Ya'll just gotta make time to come visit here!

Oliver and 'Burb graphics

Chuck and I had a request to show the graphics on the Oliver and the graphics on the 'Burb. Here is the 'Burb. I just love the Oliver factory and the willingness to make their customers happy. Of course we had to pay for the graphics, but just the willingness of the Oliver company to go that extra mile is what makes this company so wonderful!


Here are the graphics on our Oliver Travel Trailer, our "Phunny Pharm"

Here are the graphics on both the Oliver and the 'Burb.

Finally Catfish!

Sunday morning brought heavy clouds, thunder and lightning and eventually rain. Tornado warnings were out and the rain was pouring down. Finally we all crawled out of our Oliver's, said goodbye to Thomas and Katy as they headed home (not yet retired!) and the rest of us formed a caravan behind Mountainborn (Larry) to a great Mexican Restaurant for our Easter Dinner! The food was really great, the conversations were even better! When dinner was over, we noticed the rain had ended. We caravaned home Mountainborn leading, then Chuck and Geri, Steve and Tali and bringing up the rear...... way behind us was Tom and Karen! Tom drives ...... slowly! :-) But later in the afternoon, everybody's appetite returned and the fishing crew returned with a modest catch! It was time to light the fire and cook catfish!

Chuck gives his thumbs up approval of Betty's fried catfish! He has waited 64 years to taste fried catfish, and he started with the best! Betty has cooking catfish down to a fine art!

Betty at work frying catfish in her well equipped camping kitchen! She rolled the catfish in yellow cornmeal and deep fried them to perfection! Thank you Betty!

This is our campsite at Lake Greeson! We are right on the water! This is an Army Corps of Engineers campground and recreation area. Most campsites are about $16 per night unless you have a geezer pass, then you get it for 1/2 price! That includes water and electric hook-ups with 2 dump stations available. Also clean restrooms and nice hot showers! This is my first experience at an Army Corps campground and believe me, it won't be our last! Chuck and I have always been impressed with the wonderful quality of Arkansas campgrounds, State Parks etc. We will definitely keep coming back to explore Arkansas!

This is a view of Lake Greeson. That is Steve and Tali's Outlaw Oliver across the way! As you can see, we all had great campsites here and the lake is beautiful! Steve and Tali left this morning to head back to Mississippi. It was so good to see you again! Good luck Wednesday Steve, our thoughts are with you!

Today is a sky full of dirty clouds, heavy with rain. So far they have just been passing over keeping the rain to themselves. Everybody has gone to town to an Italian Restaurant for lunch. I still have lunch leftover from the Mexican restaurant yesterday so I decided to stay here. eat leftovers and catch up on the blog! So now, if ya'll don't mind, I'm gonna go eat lunch. Chuck and I are having a great time! Happy to be on this journey!

BBQ Lunch on Saturday

When the Whaley's left Memphis, they brought Saturday's lunch! Wonderful pulled pork bbq with bbq beans and cole slaw! Here you see Chuck (sorta) Betty, Larry, Steve and Tali enjoying the bbq lunch! Thank you Tom and Karen! It was great of you to think about bringing bbq for everyone and we all loved it! So far Saturday was the only sunny day with no rain, but it was still very chilly! Saturday night we all sat around the campfire and listened to Thomas play his guitar and sing a wonderful song he wrote about Mountainborn! (Larry). Pete, you shoulda been here with your flutes! Thomas and his lady Katy travel in a Casita Travel Trailer like mine.

April 10th Lake Greeson at Last!

Early Friday we left the Oliver Factory and Hohenwald TN behind us. A few hours later, Robert called to make sure we were safe! Apparently they experienced hail and tornado warnings just after we left! We drove in stiff headwinds and ran into some rain, but nothing serious!

This is Tali and her dog storm. Tali and Steve are also known as ScubaRX on our Oliver Forums. We arrived at Lake Greeson about 5:30 pm. Can you tell from the way Tali is bundled up that it is very cold here? Brrrrr!

This is Tom and Karen Whaley, also known as Meanderthal on the Oliver Forums. Once again.... can you tell it's cold here????

This is "butcherknife Betty" and her dog Poco all cuddled up by the campfire, the fire helped but whoa it was too cold for me!


Mountainborn, or Larry, knows the best place to keep warm is by the roaring fire.... and why his photo showed up on the top instead of here, I haven't a clue! Maybe he thinks he should have top billing! Hahaha! We are soooo glad to be here!