DAILY NOTIONS-WEDNESDAY

• Whew...Finally home for a while. I like to travel, but I'm not so sure that my tiny little truck is my preferred means. And no vehicle is really ideal if you're going to be driving for more than a few hours. I wouldn't mind not getting into a car for a few days.
• We arrived in Arkansas on friday afternoon and I decided to hang out with my brother, his fiance and her friends. After driving for 7 hours, I went with them to the Crescent Hotel there in Eureka Springs. It's said to be haunted. You can stay there, or like us, you can stay somewhere much cheaper and then pay $18 to take a tour of the place. It's five stories (including the basement) and the sign for the tour says two hours of extensive walking. It was more like two hours of extensive lectures. It was kind of boring and slightly awkward. I know it would have been cheezy, but common, rattle some chains or something.
• Before the tour we ate at a place called the Rowdy Beaver. My chicken alfredo was delicious, but my mom and stepdad thought it wasn't so good.
• My mother has a GPS that she paid an arm and a leg for a year or so ago. I still insist on printing out directions on mapquest. I don't really trust the GPS since the last time we used it the darn thing sent us all over the place and we ended up in the wrong spot. It was right on this time, but the mountains were not a place I planned on getting stranded.
• Some people call them mountains, some call them big hills. I'm not sure, but they were extremely pretty.
• I wanted to write about the Art Cars they had there for the weekend, but I think it deserves it's own post. I also found a video for one that I want to post, so look for that soon.
• I had the pull out couch at the cottage we rented. It's been a long time since I slept on one, and I hope it's a long time before I have to again.
• We saw a lot of motorcycles there. They had some kind of Harley Davidson thing going on somewhere on the other side of town. Call me crazy, but I was a little shaky driving a car up the curvy side of that mountain. No way you'd get me on a motorcycle up there.
• My brother's wedding was so pretty. They just had a small ceremony with just their family and the wedding party (maid of honor and best man). It was held at Angel at Rose Hall. It rained that morning, but cleared up just in time for the wedding.
• Congrats to Chris and Erica. The only advice I can give (since I'm not married) is don't listen to other people's advice. They never know the whole story.
• I can see why they chose Eureka Springs, but I don't think I'd ever come back on a Memorial Day weekend. There were waaaay too many people running up and down this tiny little strip of stores. Most of them were drunk or high....I must say, just from the three days I was there, I think their drug problem could give Wise County a run for it's money.
• Anyone that knows me will tell you I am not opposed to a good margarita. I am not even opposed to a couple good margaritas. But there is nothing I hate more than to be surrounded by a bunch of slobbering, stumbling, drunk crazies. I found myself in that situation a couple of times this weekend. That was a great margarita, though.
• I usually try to be on my best behavior in the presence of my parents. And I generally don't go looking for a fight. But to that toothless, crackhead hillbilly in Eureka Springs that called me a fat-a$$ (you know who you are), you better get down on your knees and thank your lucky stars my momma was there, or you might have lost that last tooth. I actually turned around to confront the woman, but my mother must have heard what she said because the next thing I knew, I was being pulled into the closest store front and being told not to act on what she said. Lucky, Lucky woman.
• I really wanted to say something to that woman....guess it's better that I didn't.
• I guess that's it for tonight. I know it's not as exciting as I'd hoped, but I am still working on a couple of things that I experience on the trip that I want to share with everyone. And now maybe I can make these daily notions a little more....well...daily.
• Good Night