On The Road Again

Kansas City

Dallas

Well, I am sitting in a Tru Hilton Hotel in Little Rock, and it's a sunny but cold morning. The hotel tries to be hip, with a lounge, pool table, outdoor seating, and things like that. We stayed in it a couple of years ago. 

I don't have much to say about our six-hour drive yesterday other than it was sad to leave the Albarrans. We left around 10:00 and the roads were already busy. Our goal was to first Texarkana, for a couple of hours, then hit Arkansas and Little Rock, for another three hours. It was a sunny day so we passed numerous vast ranches mostly in Texas and tree-lined roads in Arkansas. We made one stop for lunch, at a Burger King for a whopper and gas but that was it. We hit two work areas where we had to wait for 15 minutes, as traffic moved slowly if at all. 

We were happy to reach our hotel at 3:30 and relax for a couple of hours watching football, what else. Waldo's Chicken And Beer was recommended and it was less than five minutes away so we ate there. It was a pleasant place, with a nice bar and numerous TVs. Evie ordered a chicken salad and I had a chicken sandwich but their cheddar biscuits with honey butter were to die for. We should have just ordered them. 

We were back at our room by 7:15 when the Bills game started. We stayed up and watched it through three quarters when they seemed to have clinched a victory in the snow. We couldn't believe that 70,000 fans had braved the snow, the dangerous roads and cold to see the game, only in Buffalo. 

We are trying to keep our daily driving down to five or six hours, so tonight we will be staying at a Hampton Inn in Goodlettsville, TN, and on Tuesday, we will stay at a Hampton Inn outside of Columbus, Ohio. We hope to drive home on Wednesday but the weather and roads don't look promising.