Mar 24, 2011 - On The Banks of the Arkansas River

We had another pleasant driving day today. Well, for the most part that is. Everything was great except the road conditions. I-40 is really beginning to deteriorate. We had noticed that yesterday, but it wasn’t too bad in Tennessee. Once we hit the outskirts of Memphis it went steadily downhill. There were sections which were very good, but others that were very bad. Bad enough to make your teeth rattle and everything in your RV, as well. For the second day the rest area we had picked out for lunch was closed. We noticed a few closed rest...

Jan 30, 2011 - Trips to Mom's in Arkansas

We spent the last of Jan. and first of Feb. at Mom's in Arkansas, ! Visited Trisha and Alvin , our best friends also. It came a large snow storm while we were there and we with little Buttons(our YorkiePoo) enjoyed playing in it!! We have leased the house to Stacey and Darrell Tindall for a year, they are keeping Maggie and Coco, our black labs for us. Lord is good!...

Nov 6, 2010 - End of a long day

After taking stock of our time and distances, we realized our schedule has been a little off. We were planning to visit our friend in Kansas on Sunday and Monday, heading out on Tuesday. But that would have meant a couple of 400 mile days, which we did not relish. So we decided to change our schedule a bit, but also up our travel schedule. We headed out of Jackson a good hour before our usual departure time, and aided by several of the rest stops in Mississippi being closed (for construction or economics, we didn't know), we made over 350...

Oct 30, 2010 - Clinton's Presidential Library

Our first stop today was the Clinton Presidential Library. If the railroad bridge that is being worked on now was finished, we could easily have walked over, however, without the pedestrian bridge, we had to take the truck. As we walked up to Clinton's Library, I wasn't impressed with the architecture at all. It seemed pretty "Plain Jane" to me with just a couple of fountains outside. Later though we found out that the building has been designated as one of the most energy efficient and environmentally friendly places to work in the United...

Oct 28, 2010 - Driving To Little Rock

Today we drove all day and ended up at Riverside RV Park which is in North Little Rock. We were right on the Arkansas River. The campground is city-owned and probably the only public campground in the Little Rock area. We were parked right underneath an old railraod bridge that is being converted to a pedestrian bridge that crosses the river at the Clinton Presidential Library. The neighborhood wasn't fantastic but they have huge gates they close at night so it wasn't too bad.

Oct 17, 2010 - Sunday Oct. 17- North Little Rock AR- COE park

We again drove west on I-40 to Little Rock AR. Our original plan was to stay in a downtown park and run around Little Rock, but it was such a beautiful day and we were tired, so we decided to go to the Maumelle COE park north of town. This is a beautiful place with large campsites, asphalt driveways, on the Arkansas River. Setting up the motor home was a breeze, since it was so simple to back into the level site. The weather was perfect, and the surroundings beautiful. Bob took our bikes off the back of the motor home and we rode around the...

Sep 19, 2010 - Adventure in Little Rock, Arkansas

Drove to Little Rock today, I stayed at Camp Robinson. Today was adventure day. First the trip was all up and down big hills and I learned how to shift. Then my GPS brought me to the wrong gate, a closed one and I missed the turn around and when I tried to make a U couldn’t do it. Ended up jackknifed across the road—luckily there was no traffic. So I had to get out, unhook the car---I learned that you should always set the emergency brake first—when the car started rolling when I unhooked it- there I was, standing between the A and the car,...

Sep 17, 2010 - Ozark's....

We did not go back to Bricktown before we left Oklahoma City but we did go out for lunch at another great place for seafood... Bill had the catfish and I had some wonderful shrimp at a place called the Pelican... I have no idea where we were but we just plugged seafood into our gps and there it was... Most of the day was on the phone and e-mails trying to get our rim replaced... We left Oklahoma City the next morning without a spare tire and that was not fun... We then played phone tag with Keystone and the tire/rim distributer for most of...

Sep 12, 2010 - Littlerock, AR

After leaving Nashville, we drove to Little Rock, AR for the night. It was a pretty uneventful evening. We did hear a little concert from some guy that sang rather weirdly! I am putting all of our little stops on the map, so that's why you just had to hear about our boring night in Little Rock!

Sep 2, 2010 - Nashville to Memphis to Little Rock

Arrived in Memphis just in time for the twelve o'clock tour ( $10) of the Gibson Guitar Company. No photos allowed, of course, but the prettiest guitars were in the gift shop anyway. It took 45 minutes for the tour guide to walk us through the process of making these instruments - 45 of which are made every day. Since I don't play the guitar , some of the technical stuff was Greek to me, but I enjoyed the tour just the same. Beale Street was a block away so on the recommendation of the tour guide I lunched at The Pig. The BBQ was very...

Aug 28, 2010 - Smithville, TN

Thursday, August 26, 2010. 230 miles, all flat terrain on I-40 to Jackson, TN. Staying at Parkway Village Community. $20. This is actually a mobile home park that has converted some mobile home spaces to RV usage. So it’s not unusual to back in to a space and find the sewer outlet under the RV. The trick is to connect the sewer hose to the ground connection before backing in then drag the loose end out after you park. Ok for an overnight or 2. Friday, August 27, 2010. 210 miles through Memphis and Nashville to Smithville, TN where we are...

Aug 25, 2010 - Little Rock, AR

Wednesday, August 25, 2010. 200 miles from Branson to Willow Beach CG, Corps of Engineers (COE) east of Little Rock, AR. 50A, water, no sewer. It’s on the lake like most COE campgrounds. I've never seen such a concentration of hills and winding roads in this country as we did today. I can summarize our Branson experience. We saw the following shows (remember the headliners are not performing right now) Patsy Cline Story, The Hank Williams Story, Pierce Arrow, The Hagoods, and the Acrobats From China. Of these we would definitely recommend...