Month: January 2017
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Backpacking in the wintertime
You might not think that January would be a good time to go backpacking in Northwest Arkansas. I’m happy to tell you, you would be wrong. Of course, it helped that we picked the perfect weekend to go. Or maybe it was such great company. Six adults, one nine-year-old, and seven dogs went camping at…
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Good times in Fayetteville
Thursday (the 19th) we got to do something we’ve been trying to do for months: go to a bluegrass jam. An old family friend, Reed Doke, has been trying to get us to come to the Bear’s Place jam since we arrived here in November. It’s on the third Thursday of every month. Things kept…
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Time to get going… soon
Let’s get the big news out of the way first: the Fayetteville house is under contract. We close on February 3rd. Whew. Actually, there’s not much else to report. It’s winter here in Northwest Arkansas, and that means if the sun is shining it’s about 20 degrees. If it’s warmer – say, in the 50s…
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Happy New Year!
It sure has been a busy weekend here in Fayetteville. It all started earlier this week, when the furniture we ordered for Beth and Steve’s new apartment arrived. Michael and I had to be there for the delivery – and then we had to make sure everything worked, of course. But that meant we could…