May 12, 2013 - Little Rock & rolling on

On Thursday we crossed the border into Arkansas and found this little lake with a dam and a very tranquil park where we paused and took some pictures. Beautiful little place. Then on to Bentonville or maybe it should be called Walmartville. half the town is dedicated to Walmart head offices and ware houses etc. We went to visit the Walmart visitor center which is housed in the original 5 and 10 cent store where Sam Walton started his first store in 1952. Walmart was started by Sam and his brother Bud in 1962. Walmart now has 8970 stores in...

Mar 26, 2013 - Little Rock, Arkansas

This is a two day entry.......Yesterday I had a 24 hour bug but we did visit the Oklahoma City Memorial. That was so surreal with the chairs that had lights inside the seats in reflect the victims names. There were 19 small chairs representing the children that lost their lives during the bombing. Now on to today..... hold on you democrats ......we enjoyed the William J. Clinton Library ( for you republicans) that's Slick Willie..... Whoa! It was amazing! After going through that beautiful library I wanted to buy a "I Love You Bill" button....

Jan 31, 2013 - Little Rock, Arkansas

We left Branson early this morning for our four hour drive to Little Rock, Arkansas. It was a hilly drive through the Ozark Mountains with lots of climbing, but the mountain scenery made it worth it. Highway 65 takes you through a lot of little towns, it was fun seeing the towns except for the roads with the close curbs to watch out for. (see photo) This went on for miles. :-) We stopped for diesel in Clinton, Arkansas, at $3.79 gallon times 75 with a total of $284.00. Yikes! This is why we have learned to stay in places for a month at a...

Oct 25, 2012 - Little Rock Arkansas (all things Clinton)

Today we had a very nice 45 km ride along both sides of the Arkansas River, with a side trip to Two Rivers Island. The trail was in very good shape, mostly flat except for the climb onto one of the longest pedestrian/bicycle bridges in the US. The bridge was built over the dam and locks, and allows you to do both sides of the river. Two Rivers Island had a few homes, but very few cars, and was full of bike paths. We saw a young male deer, a heron, 2 snowy egrets and a turtle. After our ride, we came back to the RV park, then walked across...

Oct 15, 2012 - Arkansas

Really not much excitement on this segment, although we saw something today for the first time since leaving: morning dew on the grass. Looks like we've left that dry desert and plains weather for humidity. it's a fair trade, I suppose, since we now have green grass and trees to look at instead of multicolored rocks. The drive was easy with no wind and those cloudless skies we've been getting used to. More fall colors, too. I hate to say good-bye to summer but at some point we'll have to. Today temps in the high 70's, low's in the 50's so...

Oct 10, 2012 - What Do Our 42nd President and DIAMONDS Have in Common?

Waking up on Saturday to pouring down rain and temps only going to be in the mid 50's our bodies could hardly stand the shock since it had been in the upper 70's to 80 all week. Going from shorts to sweaters wasn't in our plan for the day! Having two things we wanted to do over the weekend we headed for Little Rock as we knew at least part of our day would be inside. Arriving at President Bill Clinton's Library, with it pouring, drenched is the word to get from the car to the Library so didn't spend any time outside seeing the gardens and...

Sep 24, 2012 - Little Rock Arkansas

We left Memphis Sunday and went West to Little Rock, Arkansas, staying at the North Little Rock KOA, a really old campground and glad we were only staying 2 nights. No pictures for the 24th as we really could not find any shot that didn't have a Clinton in it. Yes we did go downtown to the River Walk, nothing worth taking a picture of, only saw a hand full of people and everywhere we looked saw President Clinton Blvd, President Clinton Library, President Clinton Museum, President Clinton this and President Clinton that. We left downtown and...

Sep 24, 2012 - Across Tennessee

In some ways our drive across Tennessee was good. The Interstate was in fine shape. The weather was warm and sunny. And the traffic was okay. We stopped at the Montgomery-Bell State Park on the far west side of Nashville to spend Saturday night. This is a pretty park with lots of trees and a small creek meandering through the campground. We got up Sunday morning planning to head on for Arkansas and noticed that we had lost a third hubcap off the RV. This time, however, not only was the hubcap gone; but the inner cap that covers the wheel...

Sep 23, 2012 - Sunday in Little Rock

Since most attractions in the River Market were closed on Sunday, we were expecting a "down" day. No way! We spent the morning at the Central High Historical site, famous for the Little Rock 9 de-segregation case of 1957. What a historic and emotional time for the Nine and the community, not to mention the country. The architecture of the Little Rock Central HS is amazing. Then on to the Arkansas Capitol Building and sculptures. The capitol building was modeled after the capitol in DC. Many sculptures commemorating the confederacy,...

Sep 22, 2012 - The last three days

The last three days were mostly just driving. Left Canyon De Chelly and went to Window Rock, capitol of the Navajo Nation. Stopped at Window Rock and the Native American Veterans memorial. Very well done in a very pretty park. Onto Casamero Pueblo, a Chacoan outlier where we saw the largest, grasshoppers ever. Probably 4-5 inches long and massive! Found our way to Enchanted Trails rv Park (Passport America) Albuquerque, NM,(Wed nite), then to Amarillo Ranch RV where they honored Passport America)Amarillo, TX,(Thursday nite), Oklahoma City,...

Sep 18, 2012 - Travel day-Fort Smith

We continued our trek East with another planned stop – in Fort Smith, Arkansas (name of the town). We went to the National Site of the original fort. It was built in 1817 because of the volatile feud between the Osage and the Cherokee. It underwent many changes and finally became the Federal District Court in 1872 – presided over by Judge Isaac P Parker, “the hanging judge”. It’s really an unfair tag because he just wanted his court to be honest and he tried to rehabilitate some prisoners. No Federal judge hanged more criminals or lost...

Aug 17, 2012 - Little Rock Central High School

August 17, 2012 Visited Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. On September 7, 1957 Gov. Orval Faubus used the Arkansas National Guard to defy the US Supreme Court's ruling that segregation of schools was unconstitutional. President Dwight Eisenhower sent in 1,200 US Troops, specifically, the 101st Airbourne Division to enforce integration. The children caught in this fight became known as" The Little Rock Nine". They endured both physical & verbal abuse throughout the first year. The school was closed temporarily as the...