Fairfield Bay, Arkansas

My Dad owns a timeshare in Fairfield Bay, Arkansas and me, him and Lilli are here this week.  He never uses it so this year I suggested he take advantage of it.  Originally Matt and I were going to take Lilli but that was before we ended up going to Belize so he decided to stay home and work and let just us and Pops go.  It's not like all of Wyndham's other resorts because this place is it's own town.  People live here too.  There are 8 restaurants, 4 hiking trails, a fitness center with indoor pool, 2 marinas for fishing and boating, 2 golf courses, mini golf, a playground, ice cream shop, couple stores, bowling and you get use of their library for books and movies. 

We got here Tuesday afternoon about 3:00 and got settled in to our room. It's a really nice 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo right on the 1st hole of one of the golf courses.


 

Afterwards we drove around to see what we could find and ended up at the playground for a little bit.


We stayed there until we went to dinner at a restaurant right near it.  We were all in bed early that night after the long day.

Wednesday was a full day as well.  We started by taking a 3/4 mile hike to a cave right here in the town. 


After that we went over the fitness center and Pops and I alternated playing with Lilli in the indoor pool while he got a massage and I got a facial.  She stayed in that pool for 2 hours!  We went back to the condo for lunch and then Lilli and I went out to get some ice cream, explore the shops and went to the library for books and to rent Mary Poppins to watch that night.  Pops picked up burgers and we stayed in for dinner and had a relaxing evening. 

Right now we are sitting at the park while I am on my computer (one of the only places with wi-fi) and Lilli plays.  We are about to play a round of mini golf and go see the lake and have a picnic.  I'm sure there will be more pics of today coming soon.

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