Smile and have fun
We had an awesome day with temperature in the 70's and a lot of sunshine. The day started out a little chilly but it warmed up nicely.
We have been customers of Discount Tires forever. We used them when we lived in Tucson and continue to this day, which is over 40 years. Over many years traveling in the Minnie we have used locations all over the US, normally for tire rotations. It's headquarters is in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company has locations in 36 states. Some of the stores are called America's Tires and others are Discount Tires. They have been successful because they sell tires at a reasonable price, great customer service and a satisfaction guarantee.
The Minnie's tires developed a small bounce and a couple of them have a small amount of weather cracking. They are seven years old and have 43000 miles on them. Larry called Discount Tires in Mount Pleasant, Texas and asked if they had tires for the Minnie. Their computer system is outstanding, it has the customer's history of tires they have on their vehicles. Larry gave them our phone number and they found the Minnie in their system and what tires it has on it. They said they had the tires it has in stock and another brand, which was a less expensive. After getting the Minnie ready to go we went to Discount Tires for six new tires. We pulled in the parking lot, put on our masks and went inside. They got us in within a half hour, then it took about an hour to install the tires.
It was almost lunchtime when we left Discount Tires and Larry needed to fill the Minnie up with gas. There was a Murphy gas station right down the street. We filled the Minnie and then parked in the Walmart parking lot and had lunch. We finished up a Southwest salad. Then we headed to our next destination, Iron Mountain Campground on DeGray Lake. It was about 160 miles away.
Iron Mountain Campground is a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers run park on DeGray Lake in Arkansas. We didn't have a reservation but Larry knew there were openings. When we got to the gate booth no one was manning it but there was a sign that said you needed a reservation. We drove around and found a suitable site, then Larry went online and reserved the site for a couple of nights. Then we plugged the Minnie in and settled in. It was 3:30 so we just relaxed in the Minnie.
While relaxing I did the Daily Challenges and the Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Spider and 3 Pyramid). It took me 21 minutes and 34 seconds, which put me in 20th place in my group. Larry finished reading a book on his Kindle.
After dinner we went for a 35 minute walk around the park. We walked to the other loop of the park, it has a playground, which our loop doesn't. Some of the sites in both loops had a view of the lake. The park wasn't close to being full. We had a nice walk. The walk was via the park road and some of the road was very steep so by the time we got home we were a little tired.
DeGray Lake
The playground in the other loop
Sailboat section of the Q & R docks
New picnic sites
Equipment used in making new picnic sites
After resting a bit I went for another 30 minute walk to the boat ramp and marina. The marina is huge and has three sections Q, R & S. Each session had its own parking lot. After walking around the marina I walked to the boat ramp and picnic area. The picnic area was getting a full makeover. They were putting in a nice pad to park your vehicle. The old sites had a picnic table and grill and a lot of trees. The boat ramp was an old ramp but had four lanes for launching boats. By the time I got back I was tired.
By the end of the day I had done 26,000 steps, which put me in 5th place in my group. We had a great day.
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