Waiting for our lawyer in the Fort Smith jail room

   Travis, Naomi and Amy arrived at the Northwest Regional Airport and 

   were soon treated to a one-of-a-kind Jon Brown tour of Fayetteville.   

   This was based on Jon's knowledge gleaned from reading every sign

   within sight before his passengers did, then passing off the information

   like he had always known it.

   We finally made our way to Devil's Den State Park where everyone

   napped, then some took a hike, while others watched the Olympics.

   We had recovered from our day of travel enough that Thursday was an

   excellent tour of parks within Jon's area.  Our first stop was at Lake

   Fort Smith State Park - an absolutely beautiful spot and building. We

   held our NCDA officer business meeting with a great discussion and

   suggestions.

   The meeting continued a bit into the car ride down to Fort Smith

   National Historic Site where we enjoyed an excellent interpretive tour

   given by the Superintendent, William Black.  He even took a few of us

   around the rest of the grounds in a quick 10 minute golf cart tour.  They

   have a beautiful spot.

  After heading back north for a bit of recreational fun at Hobbs State   

  Park - Conservation Area our day ended with a trip to Walmart - very   

  appropriate considering we were in the heart of WalmartLand.