Showing posts with label arkansas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label arkansas. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Road Trip

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The great trip across the USA by road has begun. Driving all day, and I mean all day, is not much fun at all. It's all on Highways so we seldom get to see anything interesting or stop anywhere nice, we eat nothing but junk food and if the adage, 'you are what you eat is true, " then I should soon begin to look like a giant, greasy burger. EWWWWW. Alka seltzer is my best friend.

Runty and Tiger asleep on the front seat of the Jeep.

Fortunately there are plenty of pet friendly hotels here in the USA, where all 5 of us can keep warm at night.



We drove to Arkansas to visit with some good freinds of ours. While there the truck broke down and we had to spend most of the next day waiting for it to be repaired. It was so cold and I was unprepared. Fortunately the Mrs we stayed with made a gift of a wonderful warm pair of gloves for me. My hands were so cold they were about to fall off. Thank you Auri for the lovely gift.

Bentonville, Arkansas.


We have some wonderful friends and had a really nice visit in Bentonville, Arkansas. The Mrs cooked some wonderful meals for us which was a very welcome change from the greasy fast food. A wonderful time was had enjoying spending time with that wonderful family. They even had a gorgeous dog that I wanted to kidnap.

Arkansas was a pretty state and Bentonville was lovely. I got to see the first Walmart store ever, I love Walmart. The head office is there in Bentonville. Beth Ditto of the Gossip is from Arkansas, her music is great and she is a glamourous trend setter so the state is not the backwater people think.


The first Walmart store, now a museum.


Driving all day is just horrible. How do truckers do it? No wonder they pop Truckers little helpers, (amphetamines) all the time. Can't say I blame them.


I miss you Florida with your warmth and sunshine. Yes we had a love/hate relationship and things didn't quite work out, but I can change I promise. I can acclimatise, my blood will thin, I will stop complaining about your incessant heat and humidity. Florida, take me back, it's cold out here and this Countess is not liking it.