Saturday, 10/11,25, Went on a great ride to Oklahoma with Doug and Sue, ate At Southern Belle Restaurant, checked on Michigan table for leadership training,

Driving on a fun ride in Oklahoma 

Doug and Sue at lookout in Oklahoma

Bill and I

It was straight down....a long way.  We were very careful!!!

In the train car which is the Southern Bell Restaurant

It was very cool and the food was great

Cutest Smile.....

I got up at 7:15 and got ready, ate, then read my Bible.  Bill got up at 8, got ready and went outside to read his Bible.  It was only 66 degrees out, so I finished reading mine inside today.  Doug came over and was talking with Bill.  I could hear his laugh.  He’s got the best laugh.  About 20 minutes later, Bill opened the door and told me Sue was over.  I went outside and we all visited and planned our trip for today’s ride.  Sue is really organized and loves to plan rides and go to different places.  She had her collection of maps for around here with her.  She showed us the map and where we could go, so we liked and decided it would be a nice ride.  We called Bill and Teri to see if they wanted to go but they had got here late last night and were settling into their cabin and making trips to Walmart for things they forgot.  They didn’t have time for a long ride today.  We decided to leave at 10:30, so Doug and Sue led and Bill and I followed.  We rode down beautiful mountain roads in Oklahoma with hardly any traffic on them.  The roads were newly paved much of the way.  We ended up going to the Southern Belle Restaurant which is a railroad car which now has booths and tables in it.  Lots of people were there.  Our waitress had us wait outside until a booth opened up that she said would be in a couple minutes.  We came back in and there were other people that just came in and sat in the booth we were supposed to have.  There was a table the waitress was clearing off for us.  She apologized and was really nice.  We told he it was ok and we were fine at the table.  Bill and I got burgers and fries.  They were very good.  We kept going through Oklahoma and headed back to Arkansas a different way.

These roads were really hilly with some curves.  So much fun.  Some were pretty thrilling.

Bill did great driving, but his hand was bothering him because the cruise on the bike went out so his hand with his fused wrist got a workout.  I was praying for him.  We ended up back in Mena and stopped at the Pavilion when we got back to Iron Mountain to register.  They changed registration to tomorrow instead.  They had all of the table cloths on for our leadership training and tables decorated for 50th year celebration.  It looked so nice.

We went back to our campers and relaxed and almost got a nap in.  Not sleepy enough though.  Relaxing after our long ride was good though.  At 5:30, we walked down to the pavilion for dinner at 6.  We talked with lots of friends and people we see here every year.  When I got back to our table, there was a young kid sitting very close to where we had our stuff.  We squeezed in.  I introduced my self to him and he told me he was from Switzerland.  This was his first time there.  He owns 3 motorcycles and doesn’t live close to any of his family.  He was there with another CMA member from their chapter.  I thought he was 20 and after talking to him, he told me he was 32.  He had quite an accent, but spoke English very well.  He told me they speak German in Switzerland, but not the same as the Germans.  They have a hard time understanding each other.  It’s like Birish.  Bill’s mom used to speak that kind of German.  His friend didn’t speak much English and had an interpreter.  So interesting to talk to them.  There are people here from Australia too and many more coming from other countries all over.  

The food was good and we especially loved seeing Roger and Rayleen, our previous National Evangelists. There were 300+ there tonight and it’s only leadership and many more are arriving tomorrow.  Should be an exciting week where the Holy Spirit moves in a powerful way.  

We came back to the camper and I did the blog and Bill caught up on his phone.  Time for 3-13 and dice now.  Who will be the winner?  We shall 

It was a very good 3-13 game!  I won!  Dice was close but Bill was the winner