We set off on day two with good intentions. We would stop in Memphis for some lunch and head to a town called Fort Smith in Arkansas. We were off to a good start when we stopped in Memphis for lunch. Steven was able to use that nifty little phone of his again and found us some excellent southern fried chicken (appropriate for Memphis, right?). If you ever find yourself in Memphis find Gus's...so...good.
We took our fried chicken and sweet tea to go and had a little impromptu picnic at a park on the Mississippi river. I've never seen the Mississippi before, good lord it is huge! The French broad looks like a stream in comparison. I managed to pose a couple photos of the 5 of us with my remote for the camera (thanks again, Dad and Debi)!
About 30 mins after taking this photo, we drove across that bridge and left Tennessee.
There's not a whole lot to say about Arkansas....it got pretty bland. So we started listening to the book on CD that I bought for the trip, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. After getting through a painful first CD, it got pretty interesting and the afternoon flew by.
By about sundown we made it to Fort Smith, Arkansas where we stopped at another Starbucks to steal some more internet. We decided that Fort Smith was pretty crappy and decided to look elsewhere. Apparently, right across the river from us was a cute little town called Van Buren. We called around for a hotel that allowed dogs and found a Sleep Inn that was right off the highway. They only allowed dogs of 20 lbs or less....so we used the honeymooners card. That worked like a charm, we didn't even get charged for the pet fee! It was a pretty nice room too...and the pillows rocked.
Thus ended day 2. We got some food from a local place and promptly went to sleep.
I swear it gets more exciting soon.
Thanks for reading!
-Liz
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