For those of you concerned about the flooding in Arizona, we are in Arkansas right now. Yes we have plans to be in Arizona in the winter but no where near the flooding. So we’re good.

We learn a lot with this lifestyle. So far in Arkansas we’ve learned:

1) Owners rally aren’t really for us. This week’s new experience was a Grand Design Owners rally. For those you don’t know GD is the manufacturer of our camper and they have about 10 rallies each year in various locations around the country. The campground we’re at hosted the Arkansas rally last week. We didn’t know about it until after our arrival. Fortunately for us, they had a couple last minute cancellations and we were able to join. Unfortunately, because we didn’t plan for the rally, we still worked the during the week. So that did limit our experience. Overall it was a positive one, though I don’t know that we’ll do it again anytime soon.

2) Everything closes early in these parts. On the way here we saw a billboard that said “late night munchies? We’ve got you covered. Now open until 10 pm”. We figured it was “in the country” and didn’t think about it. On Friday night we went downtown for dinner, most of the shops on the main strip were closed! At 6pm on a Friday!

3) Amber lights on your towing system mean something is not right. And Jay and I make a good break changing team!

4) There are northern and southern apple varieties. And northern are 💯 % better! Thank goodness Lyman orchards will ship to Arkansas!

5) our kitties love the outdoors.

And lastly: Hot Springs has a great bike trail. Curvy, by a river, several bridges and art along the way.

We head out on Saturday to Texas. I wonder what fun new things we’ll learn there.