West Helena, Arkansas and Batesville, Mississippi

Two days and 120 miles (No post last night. We were both too tired to think). There are hills in Mississippi and I think we found them all. We keep leaving earlier and earlier in the morning. 100 degrees and 80% humidity and we are cooked by noon. We arrived at our hotel at 2PM today (The temperature from about 2:00 PM to around 7:00PM is just about unbearable). We took a swim in the pool as soon as we got to the hotel and are now formulating our dinner plan. We should be in Atlanta in a week and Stacey is making recreation plans (Think massage for both and pedicure for Betsy) for us. We will spend a few days in Atlanta visiting and then push on to Savannah. We met some nice people today. Two ladies at a gas station, right after we crossed the Mississippi border, made us sandwiches for lunch as there were no services until we arrived at our hotel. We miss everyone and our fun group rides but are enjoying each others company. This is the longest nonstop period of time that Betsy and I have ever spent together in our 36 years of marriage. Alone together really is our favorite place to be. Posted pictures include preparing to cross the Mississippi, crossing the Mississippi, arriving in the State of Mississippi, and some of the many drying sheds for tobacco that we passed all day.