Warp Speed, Mr. Scott !!

Wow, talk about time flying.  What happened to June and July?  Our time in Arlington just flew by.  Maybe it was the DIY project.  We decided to replace the carpet in our living area with vinyl plank flooring, but we hired a flooring company to do that.  After we set the date to have it done, we decided to paint the walls and re-cover the cornice boards before the flooring was done.  The whole process took almost 3 weeks, but here is the before and after.

Shortly after we finished the "remodel" (if you can call it that when you only have 300 sq. ft. of living space) Chris, Angie and the kids came to visit.

We did manage to make it to the Rangers game on July 4th

Hannah is up to bat!

And Uncle Brian made it over to the RV park for some swim time

We left for Arkansas with Caleb and Hannah and couldn't wait to get there and put Grampa's boat in the water.  It's a long drive, but the kids did great.  Thank goodness for electronics and naps.

We were looking forward to doing some swimming and tubing.  And we did. Caleb was the king of tubing!  Hannah went once with Gram but it wasn't her favorite.  Whereas Caleb was constantly giving the thumbs up (go faster), Hannah kept giving the thumbs down (go slower).  Caleb also learned to ski (thanks Stu and Marty for the loan of starter skis!) and that was way better than tubing.  Something about that motor running and going through the water put Hannah to sleep every time.  Picture of Caleb tubing and Hannah napping on Gram.

Caleb about to jump off a ledge at Bidwell Point that is normally a 30 foot drop to the water.

It has rained a lot in Arkansas this year!

My nephew Scott and his wife Amy had everyone at their house for dinner one night which we served in Scott's new 50x60ft. "equipment barn"/ garage / shop / dining hall and anything else.  It was practically a family reunion with the Illinois Hursts, Arkansas Sandell's and us Texans/Nomads.

Chris and Angie came a week later and stayed for a few days then took the grands and headed out.

After the Lynches went back to Texas, we had a visit from the Florida branch of the family. 

Jimmie and Ed came to escape the heat and humidity of Florida and picked a great week to be here.

In addition to our usual boating trips on the lake, we spent a day going to Top Of The Rock near Branson, MO. 



It has Amish-style bridges, nature preserve, waterfalls, a driving range designed by Arnold Palmer and a par 3 course designed by Jack Nicklaus.  The Amish in Pennsylvania dismantled a barn that was on Arnold Palmer's farm in Latrobe,PA re-assembled it here and made a restaurant inside.  It was developed by the founder of Bass Pro Shop.

In our travels around the country, we've seen some pretty spectacular sunsets, but Lake Norfork can hold it's own when it comes to displaying the beauty of God's creation.

We'll be here in Arkansas until the 5th of Sept and then it's back to Arlington for our annual doctor appointments before heading to the Houston area to be near the grandkids, oh yeah, and Chris and Angie, for a couple of months. Our campsite in Arkansas is unusual since we are staying in an RV park that is still under construction.  They hoped to be open by July but unending rain and delays on some permits kept that from happening.  But we had already talked to them about staying so they made room for us making us their first (and only, for the time being) customers.  We are not on the lake as we have been in past years but we haven't had to move every two weeks as is required in the Corps of Engineers parks on the lake.  And not being made to move every two weeks is a very good thing.