A Very Good Day

We are back at Gulpha Gorge Campgound, the campground for Hot Springs National Park.

This is a small campground with fairly tight sites and it’s always full.

But this is such a pretty valley that I don’t mind.

The oak just outside our window makes a colorful screen, even though it’s also dropping acorns on us.

And if I get to sit out in between errands there’s a lovely view as we’re on one end of the campground loop.

Today Bud and I wanted to go to Little Rock for the state marching band contest, so I wanted Matey to get a good walk as he was going to be left home by himself. I tried taking him around the flank of Hot Springs Mountain. Happily, he did well and was still full of pep after finishing the two mile walk. I was delighted to be back walking some of my favorite trails.

Then it was off to Little Rock for the competition. The band had a problem with one of their cords setting up. It was all tangled and they struggled to get one of their microphones plugged in. I think that shook them up as they had a couple of errors in their performance.

It is a very impressive show, though, with a lot of movement and complexity. Jamie is helping with props again this year, so she was down on the field and got this nice picture of Adler.