And Willie Said: Paula, Are You Listening?

Day 64 - Friday, September 16, 2022

North Little Rock, AR to Avinger Station, TX

Herb and I are quite surprised to hear a bugle early this morning and later learn where the street we are on gets its name - Camp Robinson Road. Camp Joseph T Robinson is home of the Arkansas National Guard and sits on 32,000 acres. From the active camp down the road a ways, we hear Reveille early in the morning, and also the neighbors' dogs barking in response.

So it seems we should wake up and get on with our day.

From where Sweet Georgia Brown is parked, we have a good view of the goat pen. Three goats seem to be having a discussion, and the lone white beauty appears to be the 'King of the Hill,' even as he is guarded by the faithful 'guard dog.'

As mentioned in the previous post, St. Joseph's Home is now a member of Harvest Hosts, which requests that we patronize the host's store. We are very happy to do that, and find several items that we could use -- plus a perfect gift for a special friend. I can't believe when I see it -- a bar of goat soap! I literally begin to laugh when I see it. I show it to Herb and tell him we definitely need to get it for our friend. Giftee or recipient, you know who you are! Friends lovingly call her 'the goat lady' because she believes in the value of goats, and there may be an inside joke along these lines. But some people call her Paula. Everyone loves her, and we can't wait to give her the bar of goat soap!!!

I was too excited to remember to take a piture of it, but I did photograph some of the other items for sale. Pickles, Jelly n' jam, soup mix, and biscuit mix.

Besides those displayed they also have meat, mushrooms, cheese (goat cheese?), eggs (from their chickens?), ice cream, milk, elderberry syrup and Mullen syrup. There is a scale for weighing produce and a sign inviting us to pick our own flowers that are for sale in the yard using the basket provided.

We could spend much more time here, but the time has come to get on the road again for our next special destination. We leave at 11:35a and take I-30 West out of North Little Rock, Arkansas. As we near the city of Texarkana we recall that it sits in two states: Arkansas and Texas. State Line Avenue is the border separating Texarkana AR from Texarkana TX. Confusing? Not if you are from the area.