My sister was born in this state. This trip gave just one reason to be here -- take a photograph of the park sign for Hot Springs National Park (I visited it in April 1994 so skipped visiting this time). Otherwise, Arkansas was just a pass-thru to get to Tennessee and beyond.

I have long hated the way Texas designs their interstate entry lanes -- side road with traffic seemingly out of our way on the interstate but then they have these real short flat, single-lane entries that a side-road vehicle just pops right out in front of you. AND, they expect they have the right-of-way and you need to get out of their way. Well, Arkansas, a next door neighbor state of Texas, has them too!