Arkansas Trip - On the Road Again

I drove to Dalhart to pick up Chris. We drove to Amarillo, Texas the next morning.

Our first stop was the giant cross at Groom, Texas. This is huge with the stations of the cross, last supper and calvary done in bronze. It is very impressive.

We drove east and found the nicest rest stop just inside the Oklahoma state line. It looked like the lobby of a nice hotel with leather couches, antler chandelier a receptionist to answer any questions.

Before we got to Oklahoma City, we hit a downpour. We pulled off I-40 and checked the iPhone radar app. We decided to go to the next town and eat lunch and let the worst of the storm pass by. This proved to be the perfect solution.

Next up was toll roads. We stopped in Oklahoma City to ask how this is done and get lots of change. Turned out to be easy. These pictures are the ticket and a toll booth where a person takes your money. The toll road is just a straight good road with no billboards or many signs. It was really pretty with just lots of trees.

We entered Arkansas at Siloam Springs where my southern accent immediately kicked in. This was one of the few places that we ran into road construction.

As we drove across Northern Arkansas we think we relaxed and enjoyed the small country roads that we used for most of the rest of the trip. We took lots of pictures of rivers and bridges.

The price of gas really got our attention. The first picture of 3.15 got a laugh from a local. The cheapest gas we paid was 3.04 in Shreveport, LA but we saw 2.99 in North Little Rock.

This has got to be the place to put this lovely roadkill picture. Three different people in three different places promised that they were not feeding us roadkill. It was so fun that the folks in Arkansas can laugh at this familiar joke. I loved the fact that they don't take themselves too seriously. It's silly but also refreshing too. Chris and I were laughing hysterically when we decided to take this picture. Chris had to tell me the picture was ok because all I could do was laugh.

Last on our list was to visit a million dollar rest stop in Texas. This was well done and included a tornado shelter. The outside had a railroad feel. We chose routes that had no repeats. At the end of the trip, except for going through Amarillo, we had not traveled anywhere twice.