Arkansas

After leaving Memphis, we crossed the Mississippi River into Arkansas. We did not have the best welcome to this state. First, we stayed in a terrible motel in West Memphis...after realizing that there were no other towns with motels for miles. When we started driving the next morning, we saw something that had become unfamiliar to us--traffic. AAAHH!!!!
But we made it to Little Rock!





In Little Rock, there was a farmers market with all kinds of interesting things, a nice organic cafe where we got lunch, and of course...

Bill Clinton.

Between Little Rock and the Ozarks was a horrible stretch of highway through which Broetchen slept (lucky her.) It was cloudy, depressingly ugly, oppressively humid, and trafficky. Just truck after slow truck clogging the fast lane.
And finally, we made it here...

The Ozarks!
Which brought us to Altus (as all the brochures feel the need to point out, the place where The Simple Life took place). Altus is the heart of Arkansas wine country...I didn't even know there was Arkansas wine country.
But if there's booze, it's the place for us! This picture is from Wiederkehr, considered the best winery of the area.

Bye bye Arkansas! Next stop: Oklahoma - where we'll pick up the historic Route 66!