Day Two, June 30, 1992 Fifty Six, Arkansas

Set out from Birmingham this morning. It was good to see the grandparents. On the way out of the state we saw the Bama Snake Farm (too late to take a picture). Storm clouds threatened everywhere but never really got bad except for once in Mississippi. Mississippi really wasn't ugly, it just wasn't that appealing on such a proportionaly large trip to a person with such high expectations. Rich drove for the first time. I was a bit nervous but he did fine overall. I lost the gas cap in Memphis but we didn't find out until an hour later on our way to the Ozarks and Buffalo River State Park. One of the roads we were supposed to take didn't appear in the flesh and was only on one of the maps. (?) It got dark on us but we managed. This, being 4th of July week(end), the camping spots are nearly full but we found a lot with a patch of grass and now we only have to contend with a tent full of bloodsucking grasshoppers. We saw an armadillo on the way into the campgrounds.

Rich is fine. He seems a little fixed on "perfect navigation." My philosophy is: if we miss it I'm sure there are other roads. Besides, the steering wheel does turn.

We also saw in Newport, Arkansas a "Discount Monument" tombstone store. We found a town with two spellings: Gu-win or Guin. (?)

Took pictures of crossing the Mississippi, crossing the White River, landscapes and clouds in Arkansas.