Saturday, January 2, 2010

Fourth Day, OKC to Memphis

Saturday January 2, 2010

Up at 7:00, I showered first, then checked email while Steph showered and packed… We have the weather channel on… its 18 degrees outside with snow flurries expected tonight… its cold across the Midwest, bitterly cold… We can handle the cold, but are worried about snow… it makes for slow travel…

We went to Starbucks… a Mocha and a Latte… then back to the Oklahoma bombing memorial… this time in daylight… Still moving… still cold… I think the cold added to the experience…

Back to the Highway… Eastbound again… The countryside changes from plains to forest as we move east… Oklahoma likes to announce construction work… as many as 14 signs as you approach… a single sign as you leave the “zone”…

We stop for gas once in Vivian OK before reaching the border with Arkansas…
Arkansas border: 11:03 am, 1,831 miles…

We stopped at the Arkansas “Welcome” station just over the border… A really nice visitor center… great restrooms… great information… nice people… a great welcome.like it.

Back to I-40… at Little Rock we leave the interstate to visit the Clinton Library… We have lunch in a Mexican Café… We like Little Rock…

We find we really like the state of Arkansas… We didn’t expect to… but we do… on lots of levels.

Back to I 40, Gas at Parkin AK, back on the Hwy…

We cross the Mississippi River into Tennessee (Memphis) at 4:50, 2,142 miles since San Mateo. We have crossed the 2/3 way mark. Its sunset.

We check in to our motel… we go out to explore… There is a bowl game in town… The Liberty Bowl, Arkansas and East Carolina… They are prepping for crowds and possible trouble along Beale street… we go early… we walk the street… a band is playing Gram Parsons in the “Rum Buggy Café” We go in… we enjoy the music of Pam and Terry… we drink (I more than Steph, she is the driver) we buy the CD… We leave when they stop and the crowds from the bowl game start to show… Live music on Beale Street… its is what it is all about.

Back to the Motel… Blogging… thinking of sleep… we will visit Graceland tomarrow… they open at 10:00… getting up early is not needed…

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