July 15 -

Ah - sleeping on a bed in an air-conditioned house. Nice change. Sitting on the porch looking out over the Arkansas River at the dock with a houseboat moored to it. River current is quite strong - flowing fast. Hot and muggy but Dan, Henry, Elizabeth and Russell are out playing ball. Off to Little Rock and the sites - then swimming. :-)

- Clare

Visited the Heifer International Headquarters and their wonderful, interactive museum. Nice to be inside since it is 89 degrees but feels like 99 with the humidity. The museum gave a good introduction on a kid-level to ideas such as global hunger, water scarcity, the right to education and sometimes how hard children (and their families) have to work just to get the basic necessities. Henry liked the exhibit where you, playing as a child in some part of the world, made choices typical of that child in that part of the world. Elizabeth liked the map that showed the Earth at night and the electricity usage around the globe as well as the video that you can see when you first walk in that explains Heifer's work. Then, the gift shop! Great visit.

Then a visit to the Little Rock Racket Club and their amazing pool complete with curvy slides! Nice to cool off from the heat. Dinner that night was in the award winning Whole Hog Cafe - home of Arkansas' best barbeque!

Nice evening of chatting about Kathryn and Mike's big adventure - a year in Mexico! So glad we got to see them before they head off in a couple of weeks.