To Arkansas And Back

On July 12, 2012 I flew to Little Rock, AR to join

the family, attend Regional Convention and meet

new friends.

Convention was so refreshing. I met so many new

people and enjoyed the fellowship very much. The

messages were encouraging and I tried to just soak

in every minute of it. Of course, I loved to hear

my guys sing again.

Here is Jacob, Megan, Sara and Philip.

They were helpers in the Children's Church.

I think they fit in pretty good. :-)

The whole gang, minus Grace and her family.

I had to have a picture taken in this cool

Gazebo, in the Barker's backyard. Thanks

Sis. Charlotte for taking this picture.



 Monday, the 16th, we headed to Mountain View, AR.

On the way, we passed through Strawberry... Home

of Roger Bennett. He was a great piano player for

the Cathedrals Quartet and I always enjoyed his

stories about Strawberry, AR. My smile here, is a

nervous smile... The grasshoppers were very thick

and they were jumping everywhere.

 Onto Mountain View, we stayed with the James Dixon

family and they allowed us to ride their horses. It has been

many years since riding a horse but it all came back to

me when I jumped on. Of course we payed the price

the next day... Very sore muscles.

This is Sand Man... A very fun horse to ride.

 We had a great time visiting with the people in

Mountain View and we drove around town...

Walked down town, looked in some shops, ate

at the Soda Fountain and had a fantastic Coke,

with AMAZING crushed ice.

We had a BBQ at the park (A surprise graduation

party for Philip). We met more Church people

and had great food. We loved every minute of

our stay in Mountain View. Thanks to everyone

who took care of us, while there.

July 19 was the day for me to fly home. The plan was

for me to fly home and the rest of the family would

head to AZ after dropping me off at the airport.

While getting ready to head to the airport Colin

says he has a very uneasy feeling about me flying

home alone, on this trip... The more he talked about

it, the more flurbed out I got so we drove on,

not stopping at the airport in Little Rock and we

all drove together.... What a long drive! On the

way home their were some pretty nasty storms.

We made it back to AZ safe and sound, after driving

21 hours straight... I don't know how Colin does it.

On Tuesday, the 24th, I took the family down to

our neighbor's house, Jack and Penny. Jack is a

retired stunt man and was a double for the Lone Ranger.

He is so much fun to listen to... All of the shows he's

worked on, the people he's worked with... He even

brought out his Lone Ranger mask, hat, guns and holster

for us to try on... Those pictures are on FB.

Here is a picture of Jack. This picture was taken

50 years after the Lone Ranger, right out here,

in AZ... He looks great! He signed it for us...

He was so cute... He said he was the honored one,

being in the presence of such talent... I gave them a CD

a couple of months ago and they have really

enjoyed it...

So now, here it is July 29th... The guys head out

again tomorrow. They will be gone a month this

time and then it will be time for a new chapter in

the Shuler Book of Life... :-)