July-September 2013: WE ARE FAMILY - Part 2

               The family adventures continues ...                      

Bob and Donna take time out of their busy schedule
helping  fellow campers to have lunch at our campsite

Well McTraveler left Pam's Kentucky family to make a beeline to Jim's side in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. 

Jim's brother and sister-in-law, Bob and Donna, own the KOA there which makes it so easy to visit family. We so love coming here for family and the shear beauty of the Ozarks...so much to see and do.

Our niece and grand niece

While in Eureka Springs, Donna's daughter and grand baby from California came to visit which made our trip even more special.

But FAMILY isn't always about the people in you life who are blood relations. It's about the people in your life who want you to be in theirs. It's about the people in your life who accept you for who you are, support you in the things you choose to do and no matter what are there for you. It's the people in your life who love you, respect you and who you can depend on. Now That's FAMILY too. 

Ernie and family

With that said, we also had the pleasure to meet some of our RV family in Eureka Springs.  Ernie left Montana, his daughter, son-in-law and the grand kids came up from Texas; and all met in Eureka Springs.  

Yet another RV family, Kim and Don, came over from Harrison for the day to visit too. These fine folks went way out of their way to spend time with us and we so appreciate them and our time together.  The RV community is really a tight knit group who love and support each other just like kin-folk do.






So what do you do to entertain 12 people of all different ages? Well you go to Starkey Marina on Beaver Lake and rent a pontoon for the day for more family fun in the Ozarks!  Watch the video of our day on the lake here.

PerfectFamily Fun Perfection!

Family togetherness continues around the table; there's always lots of good food involved with get our togethers.  We had a scrumptious cookout, some swimming for the kids, and then S'MORES around the campfire...another perfect day.

Everyone else departed, so Jim and Bob went on a golf outing and Donna and I had our girls day too.  We toured the Eureka Springs Historical Museum which is housed in the 1889 Calif Building in the heart of the downtown Historic District. The museum tells the wonderful story of Eureka Springs start as a place of wondrous healing spring waters  ... Donna and I just love these history lessons. 

So we only had a couple of days alone with Bob and Donna before meeting up with Ernie on his Texas ranch; that will be addressed in a different blog post.  This hectic visit wasn't nearly enough quality time so as promised we were back by Labor Day. 

So we put on the KOA yellow shirts once again as workcampers for the long Labor Day holiday weekend.  The campground was a very busy sell-out!  Bob and Donna provided their campers with a watermelon cutting ... boy do campers love their watermelon! We had perfect weather and all the campers so enjoyed their stay.  

The above photos are from our countryside day trip drive to Fayettesville; our destination was the Northwest Arkansas Mall to shop for new glasses.  It was a very enjoyable, beautiful drive and had we a bite to eat while out.  Jim and I so cherish our time together.

The guys had another round of golf and the girls drove to Golden, Missouri to see the Golden Pioneer Museum.  In 1993, the Prier family of Golden, took over the Trail of Tears Museum Collection and combined it with their collection of Carnival Glass and American Pioneer artifacts to create the museum of today. They continue to add to their collections and don't see how they can cram anything else into the building. As you can see below, Donna and I had the perfect drive from Eureka Springs, across the one lane bridge in Beaver, AR to Golden, MO.

The museum collection was amazing and would take days to see it all.  We were stunned at the black light displays of Carnival glass and a gem/mineral rock collections that glowed in the dark.  It was a shame that my camera battery died right when I was going to take a photo of the glowing rocks.  We sistahs always have a great time together no matter what's on the agenda; and we thoroughly enjoyed our day at this museum ...

Maxx and Mollie get one last treat from Aunt Donna as we say our family farewells until next time.

We are so glad we made the trip back to Eureka Springs to spend extra time with family; and that the brothers got to share many meals together.

So we thank for you for making this family journey with us and hope to see you back soon for more McTraveler Adventures.

Until then, we wish you safe travels!
Pam, Jim, Maxx and Mollie