{"id":1579,"date":"2015-12-12T12:26:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T17:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/?p=1579"},"modified":"2016-03-08T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T21:08:11","slug":"bella-vista-arkansas-november-8-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/?p=1579","title":{"rendered":"Bella Vista, Arkansas: November 8 – 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

It had been over a year since I visited my friends, Joyce and George, in Bella Vista, Arkansas.\u00a0 We made plans for me to visit from November 8 to 11.\u00a0 <\/span>Leaving home around 7:30 in the morning on the 8th, I arrived in Bella Vista around 4:30 in the afternoon; I made good time with stops for gas, restroom, and lunch.\u00a0 <\/span>Joyce had made delicious chili for our evening meal which we ate after going to the apartment I had rented and my settling in.\u00a0 <\/span>We talked, played with cats, and watched some football.\u00a0 <\/span>I retired to my place around 8:30.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday I walked, had breakfast, and read until my friends were ready for a visitor.\u00a0 After receiving their call, we went to lunch at the restaurant located in the retirement village; people living within the same complex as Joyce and George participated in their monthly gathering where everyone could meet new residents or visitors.\u00a0 <\/span>The restaurant has very good food and excellent service.\u00a0 <\/span>George went back to their place and Joyce\/I traveled to the art museum where we walked trails and shopped in the gift store.\u00a0 The museum and surrounding land is beautiful; all was donated by the Walton family; here is the link if you would be interested in learning more.\u00a0 Crystal Bridges<\/a> \u00a0<\/span>That evening Joyce made vegetable pizza which was very good.\u00a0 <\/span>I retired to my apartment and read while watching football.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, after breakfast and a walk, I met Joyce and we headed for Eureka Springs where we spent an enjoyable day shopping and having lunch at a neighborly cafe.\u00a0 A<\/span> couple from Iowa City who are friends of the Sheldons and on their way for a cruise out of Houston joined us at the Sheldons that evening.\u00a0 <\/span>We went to dinner at the restaurant and came back to Sheldons apartment where we conversed before the couple left for their hotel.\u00a0 <\/span>Since I planned on an early departure in the next morning, I said my “good byes” and gave hugs before retiring for the evening.<\/span><\/p>\n

After having some coffee, I left good time on Wednesday and headed home.\u00a0 <\/span>After 4 stops, lunch included, got home around 3:00; easy drive.\u00a0 <\/span>It was a great visit and I had a great time with my friends of over 40 years, Joyce and George.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It had been over a year since I visited my friends, Joyce and George, in Bella Vista, Arkansas.\u00a0 We made plans for me to visit from November 8 to 11.\u00a0 Leaving home around 7:30 in the morning on the 8th, I arrived in Bella Vista around 4:30 in the afternoon; I made good time with … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-1579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1579"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1581,"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1579\/revisions\/1581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jan.hise.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}