Journeys in Space: An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 30!

An Excellent Motorcycle Adventure! Day 30!

Western Arkansas look looks like New England… Eastern Arkansas looks like, well… ummm… Kansas… but with rice paddies…

Arkansas hill country… a beautiful part of America…
What’s up with the racist sign in Harrison AR?
Rice paddies and farm machinery…
We cross the mighty Mississippi! We are back in the east!
What’s up with the ducks in the hotel?
A nice night on Beale Street… in Memphis TN.
Summary:
Date: July 22, 2014
Departure Location: 200 NE A St, Bentonville AR
Arrival Location: 149 Union Avenue, Memphis TN
Total Miles: 330 miles
Total travel time: 9:22 hours
Total miles/total travel time: 35 mph
Number of States: 2 (Arkansas, TN)
Number of Watersheds: 1 (Mississippi River)
Stops: 2 (Harrison (breakfast, gas), Marion (cold drinks, gas)
Weather: Sunny, Hot, AM; Sunny, Hot, PM
Temperature: 7:00 AM (Bentonville, AR) 73 ͦ F, 12:00 Noon (Searcy, AR) 93 ͦ F, 7:00 PM (Memphis, TN) 96 ͦ F
Lodging: The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, TN
Restaurants: The Neighborhood Diner (breakfast), Harrison AR; Rum Boogie Cafe, Memphis, TN

We saw a billboard like this in Harrison AR… what’s up with that?