On Monday, we woke up at the Best Western Plus North Little Rock feeling both amazingly well rested (the Best Western Plus North Little Rock has the best beds ever!) and smug for having decided to tack those extra 2 hours onto our Sunday travels. To be honest, we're STILL talking about how smart that was. Easily the best idea we had on the trip.
While this was easily the most visually boring day of the trip, we did still have some highlights:
- Enduring a couple hours of morning drive country music radio to start the day as we drove through the most inclement weather of the trip (a pain-in-the-butt "wintery mix" that had sent several cars into ditches but thankfully not our trusty VW)
- Listening to 45-second traffic reports, warning drivers about icy bridges and overpasses, realizing that these brief reports are probably 3x longer than a typical report
- Briefly considering moving to the Little Rock area, citing extraordinarily short traffic reports
- Flirting with the idea of having Cracker Barrel for lunch, but ending up with a superior plan of dining at Van's Pig Stand in Shawnee, Oklahoma
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| How could this NOT be a good idea?! |
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| Proof! |
- Passing through Checotah, Oklahoma "Hometown of Carrie Underwood, American Idol Winner 2005"
- Absolutely nothing else in Oklahoma, much of which caused Jason to remark, "Yep, we're in Amerrr-ica."
- A freakish icy blast in northern Texas that turned the view from this:
to this, in about 5 minutes:
- Marveling at the blanket of stars when the sky finally cleared in New Mexico
- Spotting 4 more state license plates (new total: 44 + DC)
- Checking off 3 more states (AR, OK, TX)
- Going to sleep knowing we only have 1 more day on the road!
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