TripLearning

During my senior year of High School I worked part-time at an electronics factory across from our house.  I don't remember a lot about the jobs I did, but I do remember that they only played country music over the P.A. system.  Up to that point, I greatly disliked country music.  (I was taught that hate is a very strong word.)  By the time I finished working there I could listen to country music without cringing and I had a favorite country song that still comes to mind once in awhile.  Now I can't seem to get it out of my head. Today we filled up on the hotel's complimentary breakfast then headed to the Arkansas State Capitol Building.  It has a traditional dome design, although the dome is not covered in bronze or copper like others we have seen.  Instead it is covered in Indiana limestone with a gold cupola on the top.  It is an impressive looking building with a tunnel entrance under the bronze doors. After going through the metal detector...

Today, I added my 35th state to my list of places I have been.  It took about five hours to travel from Houston to Texarkana, a small city on the border of, you guessed it, Texas and Arkansas.  The drive was beautiful.  We had some gray clouds, scattered thunderstorms and a few flashes of lightning.  We also had some beautiful cloud formations and lots of rolling hills, evergreens and ranches.  The more I see of Texas, the more I like how the terrain changes, but the ranch theme continues on. I was really looking forward to getting to Arkansas today.  It is day one of our 27 day journey through 20 states and this was the only state that we are visiting that I had never seen.  At first glance it looks a lot like Texas.  I see a lot of the same trees and cattle.  But, pulling into the Welcome Center I was reminded of Arkansas' uniqueness.  Arkansas is The Natural State and it boasts lots of wildlife as well as gems and minerals.  Wh...