Tired, cranky, hot, sticky and limping too!

Route 66 rolled northeast from Springfield, Missouri towards Illinois. But due to reports of extensive flooding there we dropped off and decided to go south through Arkansas. We had been pushing ourselves pretty hard on this trek and it was catching up with us physically. It was hot and the high humidity was hard for us California Gals to get used to. Northern Arkansas was wooded and hilly. The farther we went south the more agriculture was in evidence. But we pretty much ignored Arkansas except for the scenery we could observe from our air conditioned van's windows.

Little Rock, Arkansas

We had planned on staying in Arkansas for a couple of days. But by the time we actually reached Little Rock neither one of us were feeling like playing tourist. All we were thinking of was to get across country to lie on the beaches of the Atlantic. As we crossed the Arkansas River we did slow down to observe President Clinton's library....from the outside. Located in a 30 acre city park in the downtown River Market District, the library contains 20,000 square feet of library and museum space, including an authentic replica of the Oval Office. It is a long, narrow, silver colored building and is said to have cost $165 million to build. Clinton wanted his library to be a bridge to the future. But....I swear it resembles a silver mobile home on stilts....sorry Bill.

http://www.clintonlibrary.gov/