Okay wow, this is a MUCH LONGER trip than I remembered. Last time we drove through in two days. Of course we were in our 20s then, high on love, and sipping Mountain Dew the whole way. I guess we were driving 12 and 14 hour days? Not possible now. The kids get worn out with boredom. And we get plain old worn out.

So tonight, December 31 2012, we are in a hotel just outside the Oklahoma border in Arkansas. It was a cold rainy nasty driving day. We had planned to detour to the Mississippi river but nixed that--too cold. Instead, I snapped this on the bridge half way over.