We left Memphis this morning and crossed the Mississippi River into Arkansas:
For us, this was symbolic on several levels. Traditionally an east-west boundary, the Mississippi River was also very nearly the halfway mark in mileage on our trip. Makes it awkward to turn around, now. For this trip, at least, there are more miles behind us than ahead of us.
I was listening to a Memphis-area classic rock station as we drove over the river. The Allman Brothers were playing the long version of Freebird (at high volume of course). It didn't seem coincidental:
If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on, now,
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
Later, the radio station played the old Loggins & Messina tune "House at Pooh Corner". Daisy said it was one of her favorite songs, since to her it sounded like a frequent place to stop on our walks.
About halfway into the day's drive, we found a place called Razorback Pizza, just after Little Rock, where Daisy could accompany us inside to eat. It was actually on an outside deck and no one else was there, because anyone with good sense and no dog was inside in the AC. That said, there was a breeze and Daisy quite enjoyed the various orts of pizza crust that happened to come her way -- she also enjoyed a few from the floor that had been there a while, but such is her nature. Her wagging tail said "de-lish!"
But now we're here in Ft. Smith, at the western edge of Arkansas. Both temperature and humidity are in the 90s, making for "swell touring." That, plus a possible activities list that includes the Trolley Museum, the Ft. Smith Art Center, and the Janet Huckabee Nature Center, persuaded us that we might instead just take in a movie in a nice air-conditioned theater.
FUN FACT! If you Google the phrase "fun in Ft. Smith", you get 1,140 hits. Many of the hits, alas, are preceded by "Is there any", or "Where can I find", or lead-ins like that. However, if you Google "unrelenting heat and humidity", you get 34,800 hits, about a 30-to-1 ratio. Hence, tonight is movie night.
Tomorrow, Amarillo Texas, and cow for supper!
Dan
