A beautiful day in the neighborhood----NOT

What's happening today gang???

My day at the salon cancelled out, so it's more cleaning for me!  Yipee.......................

My dad went back to San Diego today.  He had a 2hr delay in Little Rock airport, and last I heard he was in Atlanta for a layover.  So he should be home tonight.  I miss him already.  I thought he would be here 2 days longer than he was. 
We spent Fri, Sat & Sun camping on the Buffalo River at Lost Valley.  We did a 3.4 mile (round trip) hike to Eden Falls and Eden Falls Cave.  I got to mini explore a few smaller caves but was to scared by the time we FINALLY got to the main cave, and little things just made me not go in.  Especially the small 2 foot hop from one rock to another with what my Dad claimed was a measly 7ft drop.  I felt like a baby cause I wouldn't do it.  My sister, her husband and 2 year old did it, my roomie/partner (who weighs 350) did it, and my Dad.  But not me.  

I did enjoy the time I spent on the side before the cave.  I carved my initials in some limestone.  I collected some cool rocks and took some great pics. 

Saturday we traveled to Boxley and took some great Elk pics.  Sunday after we packed up we went to Kyles Landing, Ponca Access and Steel Creek for fishing and picture taking, and also got to watch some Elk bulls duke it out over females.  Which was fantastic!  Also saw one bull mate a female. 

On the way back we went to Jasper to a restaurant and got to enjoy some Elk chili!!  I ate almost all of it, I let everyone grab a bite or two first, then I finished what was left.  It also had short brown rice which settled nicely with my pouch!!

Yesterday I spent with my Dad at my sisters and we played with my sisters new chickens, Caitlin (my 2 year old niece) helped collect 2 brown eggs.  Then we did some fishing, and my luck was great!  I NEVER catch ANYTHING in the last 9 years or so Ive been fishing, but I caught 4 good sized bass (averaged 1.5 lbs each).  My Dad caught 1.  My sister caught a brim and Caitlin had her Dora fishing pole and just played with hitting the water with it. 

We brought the fish home and my dad did the gutting and beheading, and my sister and I did the scaling.  I fried it up with pure olive oil and a homemade dry cornmeal batter.  We made fresh hush puppies.  My Dad put some fresh rosemary in the hot olive oil and it gave the hushpuppies a nice aroma. 

Oh, and before all of yesterday occurred, I had a bad tooth pulled and so I endured all my pain (and was popping hydrocodones) and had a great time!!  

Today my Dad is gone :(  He gave me his camera he bought last year (he got a new one) so I took lots of good pics (I'll post a few!!).  My tooth is hurting, or rather, lack of tooth, LOL.  All the camp stuff is still all over the house, and so I need to clean and if it stops raining Robbie and & will pack our camp stuff into storage one last time until camp season starts up for us next Spring.

Susan, I haven't been to a salon in soooo long.  I think I would love to get a mani/pedi maybe next month when I have a little more money.  I need some pampering, hehe.

I will call my sister and ask abt the meeting this month.  I am long LONG overdue on a meeting and miss everyone so much. 

Well it was a crappy day here in Hot Springs. Rain, storm, fog and then sunshine. Didn't do anything today. I was just lazy. Had a sinus headache most of the day. Matter of fact, still have it. I'll take something stronger before I go to bed.