ARKANSAS !!!

We arrived at Van Buren, Arkansas at 4PM today. We took the route less travelled and lots of hills. The good news - what goes up usually comes down, the bad news - what comes down usually goes up - and that my friends sums up our day. We did 65 miles of heat and hills but Betsy and I both commented this was one of the better days on the bike. The difference seems to be that we got an early start. We had 50 miles under our saddles before noon. We stopped at the Sunshine Cafe in Natural Dam, Arkansas and met a number of friendly and notable people. The ones that come to mind are "Christy" originally from Eugene, Oregon who waited on us for the meal and the "Hobson's" a couple who talked with us at length and offered advice on our route through Arkansas and kindly gave us a state road map (which we had been unable to find), and the guys sitting on the front porch of the cafe who jokingly told us we only had one big hill to climb during the last 15 miles to our hotel (they lied). This is the 5th state since we started our adventure. On to Clarksville, AR in the morning.