We ate breakfast in Shirley's Cafe, not far from the Dalton Defender's Museum and C. M. Condon Bank. Shirley's reminded me of Granny's Kitchen in Great Bend, but Kathy and I decided Granny made better omelets.On the way out of Coffeyville we stopped by the Amazon.com "fullfillment center," i.e., warehouse. It is large, really, really large. There are 72 loading docks. Since Kathy was hoping to pick up a couple of tips for the CKLS interlibrary loan office, we asked whether they did tours. Amazon.com, fearing to give away secrets to a tough competitor, claimed they do not do tours. We continued our journey East.
We visited the Johnson Public Library in Baxter Springs. The library looks like a courthouse building. It was built in 1872 when Baxter Springs was struggling to become the Cherokee County seat. When Baxter Springs lost the county seat struggle with Columbus, the building was used for a number of other purposes until 1907, when it became the library. The library has a friendly calico cat named Kitty.
We ended up in Bentonville (Arkansas) Public Library doing genealogical research. On the way out of the library we stopped at the cafe and purchased jar to Shaggy's Salsa and a loaf of Stone Mill's Jalapeno Three Cheese bread. Outside in the van we dipped the bread in the salsa and fell in love with both. Kathy named Shaggy's Salsa the official salsa of Shaggy Lawn, the name under which she sells books online.
We camped out at Monte Ne at Beaver Lake. When we pulled up there was no one in the security/registration cabin even though the lights and television were on. Kathy used her cell phone to call the telephone number posted. A woman in nearby Rogers told us to drive to a pickup truck half a block to our right. We did. Kathy went inside. An elderly man was searching for his campground on the Internet. He complained that he could find every other campground around, not his.
The campground was fine. The weather was misty and cool.
