Little Rock, Arkansas

We are spending tonight in Little Rock, AR, on our way to Oklahoma City tomorrow. We thought we might do a bit of necessary shopping, which we did in the late afternoon after we arrived. The trip here was generally uneventful, but there was constant heavy truck traffic the entire way on I-40. It was fun to again cross the Mississippi River from Memphis and to again see the huge pyramid convention center there just before crossing. Roads were dry all day, and we got a chance at noon to give our salt-covered car a badly-needed wash. The Tennessee River and the Mississippi River seem huge to us, especially after living near the Rio Grand River in Albuquerque and the Guadalupe River in Kerrville. Today they also looked very cold, although there was no ice visible on either at this part of the country. Eastern Tennessee is very wooded, which is really pretty, and Western Arkansas is very flat, basically a flood plain for the Mississippi. There had recently been heavy rains here, so there was still much flooding evident as we drove through eastern Arkansas. Happy and safe travels.