48th Annual Tate Barn Sale in Camden, AR

Mama and I had a booth at the barn sale this year. She had over a dozen of her lovely quilts and afghans to sell and we took books as well. The crowd was not as large as usual due to the rain. It rained most of the morning and some in the afternoon. The officials closed the sale about 3:30 because of the mud and the area began to clear out. We did meet some very nice people who came out in spite of the weather. The man in the booth next to us sold quite a bit of honey. His family has been in the honey business for over a hundred years. He said they have about 38 hives near Benton, AR, and he delivers honey to a number of customers in central and south Arkansas.

Trip to Bastrop September 2010

Gil and I camped at Chemin-A-Haut State Park near Bastrop over Labor Day weekend so we could visit mama and Judy. It was a perfect weekend for camping because the temperatures turned off cool at night and were very pleasent during the day. The campground there is very nice with tall shade trees at all camp sites. There is a pool and a huge picnic area for day visitors. We also took our trike behind the motorhome so we had several nice rides into town.

While in Bastrop we also visited Grandma Virginia and Grandpa Billy Kitchens one afternoon. It was nice to see them and catch up on family talk. I took them several pictures of Suzanne and Destiny. We also visited my cousin Sharon and her husband Troy Wayne. They live just off Old Bonita Road which is not very far from the park. We had several meals with mama and Judy and Katherine, then one night they came out to the campground to eat with us in the motorhome. It was a very nice camping trip and family get-together!