May 20

Ruth took us out this morning about 6:30 am. We were expecting a rather dull day, but it didn't turn out that way. After about 2 miles, we entered the town of McGehee. The locals pronunciation of McGehee is a bit puzzling. They call it McGee, what happened to the hee in McGehee?

We came to a Wal-Mart store and needed to use the facilities. Wal-Mart's outside patio furniture made the perfect rest stop. We asked an employee, Jane, if she would take our photo. When we told her what we were doing, she exclaimed, "O, my good Jesus !". Thanks for taking our picture, Jane, you have a great southern Arkansas accent.

And just next door to the Wal-Mart was a Sonic. It was about 8:30 am about then, so we ordered what we thought was appropriate for the occasion, a strawberry and hot fudge sundae. Yum-O!.

The next few miles we dodged farm tractors and ducked crop dusters. Yes, we are certain that a crop duster tried to due us in. It was spraying a field of rice and it came in very low just missing the power lines. Seriously, crop duster pilots are very skilled and take many risks. They are probably retired US Air Force Thunderbird pilots.

Don't think this adventure is all walk and no play. The last 2 days, John and I have been fishing on Lake Chicot from a pier. We both caught several fish, but of course since this is my blog, I caught more than John. For another opinion, check out John's blog.

We approached the Amish and Country Store just outside Dermott. This was not our stopping point, but Ruth and Carol were there. Can't pass up a good shopping opportunity.

We found a fishing bobber, a 1/2 inch socket, a metal spike and .26 cents. Stay tuned ...