John & Faye JacksonWe just spent two delightful days with our old friends John & Faye Jackson at their home in Mountain Home, Arkansas. Their house is located on a pretty lake in the Ozarks and is decorated throughout with antiques they've been collecting for many years - particularly during a 7 year period when John worked for Boeing in Lytham-St.Anne's, England. We hadn't seen each other for about 25 years and was wonderful to re-connect with them, and to provide mutual updates on our kids and grandkids.
We spent hours reminiscing about our times together in both Lexington Park, Maryland, where John & I went thru TPS together, and later in Orange Park, Florida, where we both lived during follow-on squadron tours at NAS Cecil Field.
Drove around the area with them to see some of the local sights. John mentioned that they're 150 miles from the nearest interstate, which means the area hasn't lost it's rural, friendly nature. We walked around the second day to explore on foot a little and generally to stretch our legs, and every car that passed threw us a friendly wave - without exception. Really a nice, relaxed and friendly place to live.
Guess they were having a Civil War re-enactment, or encampment, in one of the old towns nearby. Couldn't resist the photo above of an old Confederate leaning on his canon in front of a split rail fence.
We departed on the morning of the 17th for the last leg of our cross-country drive to Valdosta. Looking forward to seeing Mike, Jennah, Kevin, Makenna and Shane again.
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