On The Road Somewhere Between Toad Suck Park and Chigger Hollow Arkansas

(Craig writes) We left Mississippi and headed West through Memphis, TN before arriving at our next state, Arkansas. Back in the 1970's Glenn Campbell recorded a song about how great the state of Arkansas was and referred to it as "the land of opportunity". Not trying to be too negative here but something must have happened between the 1970's and 2008 in the state of Arkansas because I'm not seeing much opportunity here. Maybe Glenn was referring to an opportunity for improvement or maybe being the home state of Bill Clinton and Sam Walton has taken its toll on the place! The folks at the Arkansas State Welcome Center were not too "welcoming" either as upon walking into the Welcome Center we were greeted with cold stares. The welcome people did warm up a little as we began talking to them and even let us leave their center with a complimentary Arkansas map and trash bag.

Back on the road, (Interstate 40 West), we passed many communities, towns and parks not the least of which were, (and I am really not making these up), Toad Suck Park, Booger Hollow and Chigger Hollow. During our Ozark Mountain part of the trip we got a rusty pickup truck load of "Deliverance looking guys" behind us which made Becky a little nervous. Since the road was too curvy for them to pass on I began to practice my "squeal like a pig" sounds just in case! Thankfully, somewhere between Chigger Hollow and Booger Hollow they turned off of the main road and we relaxed a little.

We are in Clarksville, Arkansas tonight, (Monday - Columbus Day), and plan to go to Oklahoma City tomorrow. When we asked the Lady Clerk at the hotel about a good place to have dinner in Clarksville and she sent us to a truck stop two exits back. Name of the place was Southpark Restaurant and it had a lot of local flair about it. I tried to blend in which wasn't too hard as I am an "undercover cover good-ol-boy" anyway and since Becky is so sweet and polite we had no problems. Food was ok but I don't think I will be driving back those two exits again for breakfast though. Westward ho!