Tuesday, August 09, 2005


This is replica of how the Israelites stored their grain.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005


This is Aunt Minnine. She performs at Cash's White River Hoedown in Mt. View, Arkansas. What a show!!!!!!!! We were laughing so hard our tummies hurt and tears were running down our eyes. Aunt Minnie also has a neat shop next door to her theater. She makes her audience part of the show.

The two guitar players were great. They write songs and one of their songs was sung by Conway Twitty and went to number 1. The two people in the center are the comedians. We laughed so hard we were crying. This is a must see show.

We visited the Ozark Folk Center. They do not play any music past 1940. This gentleman told the story of how he got his first cigarbox fiddle. They have people who demonstrate how they did things in the early years, make baskets, pottery, toys, use of herbs, school, furniture, blacksmith, etc. Another must see if you go to Mt. View, Arkansas.

Gary and I hired a guide for a half day to take us fishing on White River outside of Mt. View, Arkansas. We caught over 30 fish. We kept the above 10. Guess who caught the biggest? Yep. I did. However, Gary caught the most. We used a guide from Angler's trading post. His name was Richard and he was a great guide.

This was a really good show. The gentleman on the right played the mandolin, fiddle, guitar, dobro, and harmonica. The gentleman on the right played the banjo, mandolin, fiddle, and guitar. The lady on the left played the guitar, spoons, and dulcimer. Talk about harmony, they were really great. It is a must see show if you are in Mt. View, Arkansas.

One of the things I really enjoyed about Cloud 9 Ranch was the adult-only swimming pool. Spent a lot of time in the pool during our 30 day stay.

Cloud 9 Ranch had an Adult lodge. It had 3 pool tables, an on-going gig-saw puzzle, and tables for card games. Spent a lot of time working puzzles and playing pool.

Friday, July 22, 2005


We took a drive to visit 3 of the grist mills around the area. This is the first of the three. It is called Dawt Mill.

Another view of the Old Dawt Mill.

This is a picture of the water taken from the other side of the dam at Dawt Mill

This is the river behind Dawt Mill. You can wade across the dam other side of the river.

This is a shot of Hodgson mill and the water as it comes from a source behind the mill.

Water from the Hodgson mill empties into this stream.

This is a view of the Hodgson mill. Pictures of this mill were used for gigsaw puzzles.

This is one of the mills. This place has been turned into a bed and breakfast spot. It has a big pond out in front of it. Sure was beautiful.

Water wheel at one of the grist mills.

Monday, July 18, 2005


Yes, there were fish in the creek behing our motorhome.

Gary got up early on Sat. morning and went fishing. He caught these in about an hour.

A finch thinking about taking a bath.