2012 Lake Trip - Day 3

Day 3 of the Lake Trip and Sunday.  Daylight Savings Time has ended which means an extra hour of vacation!

The morning started out at 34 degrees, and as much as I love to fish, I hate being cold just as much so I just spend a leisurely morning working puzzles, watching television, and enjoying breakfast while looking at the lake.

My schedule for this day includes a visit to Crystal Bridges.  A quick check of the tires and I am good to go. Van Morrison is playing in the cd player, sunshine, and the beautiful fall colors make the drive into Bentonville easy and freeing. 

I had decided the night before to go to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art this morning and since it doesn’t open until 11:00 A.M. I don’t have to shower and get ready until 10.  A quick check of the tires lets me know I am good to go.  Some Van Morrison in the cd player, sunshine, and the beautiful fall colors make the drive into Bentonville easy and freeing.

The architecture of Crystal Bridges is amazing and the museum is quite a gift to the area from Walmart. There is no general entrance fee thanks to Walmart.  The grounds includes over 3 miles of hiking art trails. 

The permanent exhibits are begin at Colonial to Twentieth Century Art.  I was happiest in the Early Twentieth-Century and Twentieth Century Art Exhibits which included pieces by Jackson Pollock and Alexander Calder.  I particularly enjoyed Devorah Sperber's "After Grant Wood (American Gothic) 2," and  Nick Cave's "Soundsuit."

The special exhibit during my visit was "See the Light: The Luminist Tradition in American Art."   It was twelve works of art from 1875 to present. It wasn't really my type of "art."

After the museum it was lunch at Hoolihans.  I don't recommend it.  I checked the place out as I was walking in and after I sat down and it looked okay.  After I ordered I noticed a couple of flies buzzing around, and by the time my food arrived there were about 20 flies on the glass between me and the area servers prep area.  I questioned the waiter about the flies and there was a story but it didn't make me feel any better.  I probably should have complained to the manager about the flies, but I just didn't want to mess with my mojo for the day.  

Once back to the house I went down to the dock to fish. Nothing was biting so I decided to take a short nap in the house (okay, I had a little nap in the chair on the dock too.).

After my nap I decided to drive over to Lake Avalon to fish on the dock dad and I always had luck at when I would visit my parents.  Nothing was biting, but I was enjoying the memories and listening to the church bells peal. 

Thanks to the time change, it became dark soon after I arrived at the Avalon dock.  I continued to fish and the fish did start biting.  My theory is the fish had not turned their clocks back and were on their daylight savings time feeding schedule. After catching 2, I decided it was just too dark to continue and headed back to the house, after all as much as I enjoy catching fish I was really there to enjoy the act of fishing.

Fish #1

Fish #2

Once back at the house it became apparent that the wi-fi was out and there would be no playing on the computer, so I sent some texts, made a couple of calls, and went to bed to work puzzles.

It is amazing how happy and relaxed I feel.