Thursday, 10/9/25, Sat outside for a while, set up clothes rack and hung stuff from our showers outside, shopped downtown and then at BeAlls.went on great ride On the National Talimeha Scenic Bypass, Lunch at Queen Wilamena Restaurant/lodge, Came down the curvy way,

It was 55 this morning.  We started the fireplace to take the chill off.  Still wearing the camping boots my mom made me.  Only wear them when camping.  I love the memory of her.

Bill was pretty excited when he saw this game.  He asked me if we should buy it.  I got a little scared at first, but then decided he doesn’t show me any mercy anyhow so we got it.

Riding up Ouachita Mountain

Halfway up

Bill wanted to stay on the bike at this lookout, so he took a selfie of us with scenery behind us

Almost to the top

Stopped for a picture when we were close to the top

I’m really liking my phone case with the built in stand.  It makes taking selfies easy.  I put it on the motorcycle and took this picture

There’s more writing on the rocks than we’ve seen before.  It used to one section and now it goes way down the road.

Queen Wilhemena Lodge and Restaurant

They have a beautiful lobby.  I didn’t take any picture of us eating this year.  We both ordered what we had last year though.  I got chicken Alfredo and Bill got chicken tenders, mashed potatoes and Coleslaw.  Yum!  It was just as good as ever.  A man came and thanked Bill for his service and talked to us for a while.  Then another man came with his wife and said he wanted to tell us something.  I thought it was going to be about Bill’s service again, but he just wanted to tell us thank you for praying before our meal and how it touched their hearts.  

Our ride back down the mountain.  The girl at the lodge was on the phone reporting that there was a boulder in the road east of the Restaurant.  Bill wanted to see if we could find it.  This road in the picture goes pretty much straight down and is very curvy.  Bill went slow and no boulder was to be seen.  We turned around and went back up and went the long way down the mountain and didn’t see any boulder in the road either.  They must have got their pretty fast to move it.  We saw lots in an area along the road, but good they moved the one in the road.  

                                          Relaxing on our patio when we got back

I was texting with my friend Sue who will be here tomorrow and she told me they were going to be on lot 66.  We walked around to find it and this picture is taken standing on their lot and our camper is on the next row over on the end.  We are going to be nice and close. Yay!

Bill playing No Mercy Uno..Do you see any mercy with all of those cards he just added up for my score?

We were going to sleep in today.  I set my alarm for 9.  I couldn’t sleep any longer than 8, so decided to just get up, get ready, eat, and read my Bible.  Bill got up about 15 minutes after me.  We sat out on the patio for a while, then decided to go into town.  We went into some shops and found my favorite shop from last year.  It has lots of Christian shirts and signs.  Also has essential oils and beautiful candles, plus lots of decorative stuff.  So peaceful in there!  I bought a cute hoodie for $3 and a shirt with a Christian Saying on it for $11,  We decided to go to Bealls after that.  It is our favorite department store in Florida and we love going to the one here too.  I got a super nice sweater for $16.  I’ve been looking for a sweater back home but didn’t see any I liked that well and they were priced really high.  

I got a cute 2 pack of pajama shorts for $9.99 too.  I didn’t think I would be wearing shorts to sleep in, but it is going to be hot for both weeks we are here.  I got a note book for $3.97 so I can take notes here.  My other one is getting full.  Bill found one that was real small to keep in the camper to figure out mileage.  Our mileage was better than our other small motorhome and we were using the generator the two nights we spent at Cracker barrel which comes from the tank we drive with.  

We decided to go on the Talimena Scenic drive and to to eat lunch at Queen Wilhemena Lodge and Restaurant to eat.  We both knew what we wanted.  The same thing as last time!!!

It was so delicous.  Yum!  I brought half of mine home.  We saw a couple sharing a piece of peach pie with ice cream.  We were talking about getting some and our waitress heard us and came closer and told us there was only one piece left.  She said she would set it aside for us.  It was delicious too.

We enjoyed our ride back down the mountain on the short route and back up it.  Then another nice ride going down the long way.  What a fun day!  

My sister, Brenda was doing so good today with hardly no pain.  They took out one cyst with 800 ml of fluid in it and a small cyst with 100 ml of fluid in it.  She sure will be feeling much better with those gone.  

We relaxed more out on the patio when we got home.  We went for a walk around the campground.  It is a big campground so I really got my steps.  Got almost a mile in just tonight’s walk.  We saw Jane and Jay, our National Evangelists come in on their motorcycles.  They stopped to talk to us for a while.  Then we walked a little farther and saw Barry.  He is from Indiana and he and his wife are really nice.  He is 6 ft. 7 inches tall.  I really look up to him lol.  Then I came in and worked some on my blog.  I called Kimmy to see how Jacob was doing in his new apartment.  She has been working so hard switching both boys rooms around.  Jacob will have Adam’s small room because he’s not home very often, and Adam will have Jacob’s larger room.  She showed me videos and they both look amazing.  They will both be happy boys. I got to talk to Melissa and Vikki today too, and texted with my nephew Matthew.  

I am stopping now to play the No Mercy Uno game.  I will add on later how it goes.  Well, we played two hands.  No mercy for sure!  I threw Bill a draw 6+ and he told me he could add to it, so added a 10+ which made me draw 16 cards.  Then he went out so my points were 250 for just the first hand.  Then the secondhand, he threw a 6+ and I put a 10+ on it, but he looked up the rule again and said no you can’t do that.  I drew the 6 cards, then he took his turn, then I put a 10+ down, he drew the 10+, then I still didn’t have the color I made it so I put another 10+ on it.  I still had a turn, so put a 6+ on next.  He had twenty five cards in his hand.  When you have 25 cards in your hand it says you are out.  You have to lay your hand aside, and he didn’t know what you did after that.  We decided to play it when it is earlier sometime and went pack to our fun easy game of 3-13.  He beat me by 8 points.  We played dice after that and I beat him by 2500.  We had fun and enjoyed our usual games and our blood pressure stayed in the normal range lol.