WE ARE IN ARKANSAS!!!!

After six and one half months in Texas, we have officially left the state (Which is no easy task considering its' size!)...and arrived last night in Arkansas, halfway between Hope and Little Rock at Degray Lake Resort State Park.  It is really, really nice.  The weather has been great and we have been enjoying Mother Nature here in the park.  We have two laid back days here before we leave on Thursday for Tennessee.  It is so nice to hear the birds early in the morning and the crickets at night!  It is very green here, they have had the necessary rain, unlike Texas where whole lakes have dried up.  I really will miss Texas, though. 
We are going to change our route home a little.  We were going to spend a week at Camp Meade outside of DC but after looking at the map and the incredibly busy roads that we would have to take around Baltimore and DC with the BIG camper, we decided to do things a little differently.  We are going to stay at Fort A P Hill in Virginia which is much easier to get to and less miles, which will save us some money.  It costs 50 cents a mile to tow the camper so we need to conserve gas when we can!  We can get to DC from A P Hill so I hope to make two trips to see some of the sights I have never seen.  Then it will be an easy trip over to Ocean City around the beginning of May to visit the kids.  I think I will even get to watch the grands a few times while Mom and Dad work!  That will be fun.  So the plan is to get up on Thursday, drive through Little Rock and Memphis to Jackson, TN and spend the night IN A MOTEL...YAY!  What luxury, and then onto a Tennessee Valley Authority campground near Knoxville near Sevierville, Tn and not far from Gatlinburg.  From there onto Fort A P Hill.  Phew, lots of driving but the scenery is magnificent this time of year.
Below are a few pics that I took here at the park.  I hope that you like them.

 I have never seen a black and white duck!

 Dogwood in bloom

 Sun glistening on the lake