Wednesday – Little Rock

We left Lake Ouachita State Park yesterday about noon, and headed back to Little Rock, which was the real destination and reason for this trip. After our daughter, Deanne, finished medical school with a dual (MD & PHD) degree, she decided that she would become an ENT surgeon. To be a surgeon, you have to do a 5-year residency. She has been doing that here in Little Rock at the University of Arkansas Hospital. This month, she completes the 5 years, and there is a reception for her Friday night at the Pleasant Valley Country Club. Prior to that, she and other doctors have conference at the hospital where they are presenting ‘interesting’ talks! Deanne is first, and we will sit through it, but then we will find the first opportunity to leave!!!

I had made a four day reservation at our ‘regular’ park, Maumelle State Park in Little Rock, back in April, and requested what we think is one of the best sites in the park. It backs up to Lake Maumelle, and is a large site. Here it is:

After we arrived, we contacted Deanne, and found out that she was going to be tied up with surgeries and meetings until 9:30PM, so we took off for a drive. We went into West Little Rock and found a Wendy’s next to a Holiday Inn Express. While Patsy went into the Wendy’s to get our lunch, I check out WIFI……… and the Holiday Inn Express had a nice powerful, but unsecured site. I updated our blog through yesterday, sent a couple of emails and checked on some regular websites. We then went shopping at a Best Buy where I purchased a portable hard drive to back up by laptop computer. It is going on 2½ years old, and I have a lot of files on it……… especially pictures.

We then set off to Benton to see our home from 1980, when I transferred to the Benton, Arkansas refinery. Here it is with the landscaping all grown up:

Later, we had dinner at the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Benton, and then went shopping for a few necessities in the nearby Wal-Mart. One of the necessities was flowers for our Wedding Anniversary tomorrow!