When we did set out, we went in search of craft shops. The ones I found in the phone book didn't pan out. We went to the City Mall, which is about 8 stores, and unimpressive. However, a Tuesday Morning was in an outparcel. So, we wandered in there, and, as always, I found things to buy in there. It sort of made up for the fact that the one back home has closed.
Lunch was at another Russellville institution, Feltner's Whatta-Burger. It sits right across the street from Arkansas Tech University, which was closed today, but we did get my husband's picture in front of the building in which he used to teach. Any way, Whatta-Burger still has a girl at the line to write your order on a white paper bag. Then, you stand in line for drinks and your name is called when the food is ready. We ordered the Whatta-Burger for each of us and large fries to share. I got a chocolate shake that was so large, I had to put some of it in the fridge to finish tonight. The hamburger was just as good as ever. I liked the fries, but prefer thinner ones.
We repaired to the room so that my husband could practice before the highlight of the day. Before the trip, he'd contacted old colleagues to see if we could get together. One of the, the former ATU band director decided to have a gathering to get the "old gang together". They put together a meal and the others brought things and so many came! It was so good seeing them! Some we saw, when we were here 17 years ago, others we hadn't seen since we left 24years ago. This was my husband's first college teaching job 31 years ago. We moved here right after the wedding in Maryland. These people quickly became our friends and the closest thing we had to family here. It was so good catching up with them. We've always said, that this was a good place for us to start our lives together and for him to start college teaching.
This is why we added Arkansas to our itinerary for this trip. I'm really glad we did.
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