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Benny’s Arkansas Adventure

While David’s parents and brother were on a service trip to Haiti, we traveled back to Arkansas and took Benny with us. It was Ben’s first time visiting Arkansas. We drove two cars so we could take one to Mom. One car didn’t have air conditioning, and the day we traveled was one of the hottest days of the summer. Guess who had the car with the AC? (Hint: David is too good to me.)

 

Arkasans welcome center

 

Mom’s still working on her house, but her fifth wheel worked well for the four of us. And we took full advantage of the lake! We spent one afternoon at the Heber Springs Dam Site Park, and the boys had a blast jumping off of the cliffs into the water.

 

Greers Ferry Lake map

 

We rented a pontoon another afternoon. Mom looked right at home behind the wheel!

 

Mom driving the pontoon

 

On the pontoon

 

Pontoon

 

Aside from the lake, we all got in some reading:

 

Reading in the fifth wheel

 

The weather cooled off later in the week. We saw a lot of beautiful sunsets:

 

Sunset and mist over Greers Ferry Lake

 

Ben fishing at sunset

 

The boys camped one night at Blanchard Springs and Caverns. They explored the caves and caught a few trout!

 

Blanchard Springs and Caverns

 

David holding a trout

 

While the boys were off doing their thing, Mom and I visited my alma mater Harding University. A trip to Searcy wouldn’t be complete without a meal at Doc’s Grill! It was one of the first restaurants we visited back in 2006 during my college visit.

 

Doc's Grill in Searcy

 

We stopped by the fountain to see my brick. Mom got it for me as a graduation gift:

 

My Harding brick

 

There wasn’t a lot of progress on Mom’s house while we were there, but the builders did deliver the timbers the day before we left:

 

Mom's house timbers

 

We had a blast and are so excited to see Mom’s cabin on the lake the next time we’re back in Arkansas.

 

Family at sonic

 

 

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2 Comments

  • Reply DiMy

    Sure do wish we had known you were coming to Searcy.…would LOVE to have seen you!

    July 29, 2014 at 9:30 am
    • Reply Leah

      Since my Mom moved to Arkansas, we’ll be visiting a couple times a year. We’ll make a point to connect soon! Would love to see you and Captain!!

      July 29, 2014 at 4:18 pm

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