{"id":8832,"date":"2023-04-13T11:33:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T18:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/day-9-arkansas\/"},"modified":"2023-04-14T12:24:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T19:24:46","slug":"day-9-arkansas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/day-9-arkansas\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 9 – Arkansas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s our last day in Arkansas before we move on with our trip and I\u2019m determined to hold every moment with so much gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dalton had the day off today which was awesome. He, Xani and Jon hopped in Xani\u2019s Mini Cooper and ran out to pick up eggs, bacon and sausage for breakfast. I\u2019m sure we could have planned better but it was just another moment to be together and remember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jon and Dalton were in charge of breakfast and they did a fabulous job. It was delicious! Complete with grits and Jimmy Dean sausage. To be honest, I did not eat the grits; but I heard someone say they were delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After breakfast, we tidied up and the boys headed to the range. Xani and I stayed behind. I was tempted to go but the lure of some quiet time was too much for this introvert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The boys had fun and I took a shower, did a little prep for tomorrows travel and Xani made snickerdoodles. I helped her roll the dough balls and then we sat in the sun for a bit. It was a such a lovely day just being with the people I love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had talked about possibly having seafood for dinner but by the time dinner rolled around we decided to go to Waffle House. The boys were so excited because it\u2019s internet famous for always being open no matter what. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having never been, I was expecting more of a family restaurant but it was more like a diner. We squished 6 of us into 4 person booth with 2, on chairs at the end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before we arrived, I had figured that I didn\u2019t want waffles so I\u2019d probably just get a salad or something light. But the menu has waffles and eggs and hashbrowns and grilled cheese and basically it\u2019s carbs with a few proteins like eggs, bacon and sausage to balance it out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jude said the waffle were spectacular. 10 out of 10 and it got an \u201cS\u201d rating – which I understand to mean Superior – for both the food and the service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was late when we arrived and by 8:30 the waitress suggested we not stick around as they would be closing at 9pm. We said that we understood they were open 24 hours so why were they closing; and she said that the drive through would be open but they closed the indoor dining as this was the ghetto and we\u2019d be likely to get mugged if we stuck around. It was a funny way to round out the day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We went back home and Siah checked in on his school work, we packed a few things up and went to bed a bit earlier as we were planning to get on the road to Bay St Louis early. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s bittersweet to be leaving my sweet girl but knowing how well she is loved by this incredible family makes it easier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We absolutely enjoyed every moment getting to know these guys. They are such good people with great hearts; authentic and real and we hope to be able to see them again soon. We are so thankful that you opened your home and hearts to us. We feel blessed to call you family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It\u2019s our last day in Arkansas before we move on with our trip and I\u2019m determined to hold every moment with so much gratitude. Dalton had the day off today which was awesome. He, Xani and Jon hopped in Xani\u2019s Mini Cooper and ran out to pick up eggs, bacon and sausage for breakfast. I\u2019m … Continue reading “Day 9 – Arkansas”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[112,12,17,10,14,46,5,43,69,27,42,50],"tags":[132,141,87,149,120,142,86,115,113,137,150,114,116,151],"class_list":["post-8832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2023-road-trip","category-family","category-friends","category-jon","category-josiah","category-judah","category-life","category-memories","category-rving","category-school","category-siah","category-vacation","tag-april","tag-arkansas","tag-choose-joy","tag-day-9","tag-family","tag-memories","tag-practise-gratitude","tag-road-trip","tag-rving","tag-sun","tag-thankfulness","tag-travel","tag-usa","tag-waffle-house"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8843,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8832\/revisions\/8843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}