US 2011 AR

We arrived at Dana's parents house and were glad to see Bill and meet Barb, the caretaker, who is wonderful and was very welcoming. We also visited briefly with Dorothy at the nursing home. Once again we didn't take many pictures, but here are the highlights of this part of the trip:

1. Dinner with Mary at Emilia's the new restaurant in downtown Siloam.
2. Several dinners and visits with the Donners

3. A coffee morning at the Cafe on Broadway with several of my Presbyterian friends
4. A nice visit at Doris Ramsey's house with her, Emma and Tom, Pat H., and Darrel and Carol
5. A wonderful Sunday afternoon potluck at Mary and Ed's house with all of the old "foodie" weekend group - a gorgeous warm day in between lots of cooler weather
6. A night for MFE at the Embassy Suites in Rogers with Barbara and dinner with her and Marilyn
7. A pizza dinner with all the Schwerin's (including Naaman who we had not met, and both sons-in-law) and Ann, who will be Marlene's traveling companion when she comes to Ireland in June.
8. A weekend with Nancy and Hal, including dinner with the Donners and the Grahams. Here are a few pictures of AR - I'll post more of flora and fauna  in a separate posting. The weather was gorgeous -in fact hot - and the dogwoods were in full bloom - so beautiful).

 9. A dinner at a really fun Korean restaurant in Bentonville - we treated Mary and Ed as a small part of our thanks for the use of their car, and also enjoyed introducing them to Hal and Nancy.

10. A quick stop by the Co-op to visit the Early Childhood staff - these the people still there from "my era" (at least the ones who were on site that day.

Dorothy was able to come home many of the days we were there, which we enjoyed. Also, she came home on our last night for a dinner with our friend Steve Thomas.All in all this was a great visit with enough time for some rest and just enjoying the town and our friends.