(Editor’s Note: Internet at this Days Inn truly sucks. I had so much trouble getting and staying connected last night I just gave up. That is buy one of the issues with this particular hotel)
Those who know me should expect a partial drawl by the time I return. In the Lone Star State I’m learning fast to draaaaggg ouuuutttt thhhemmmm wwwooorrddddssss when I speak. Hot weather can do that to a person.
Speaking of hot weather it’s 30 degrees Celsius which, for people around here, seems like no big deal (since most I’ve seen are wearing (long) pants which would pretty much be suicide for someone like me.
I left Sikeston Missouri this morning (after taking a handful of cotton from the cotton field beside the hotel. I put in 460 miles today and I’m spending the night in Mount Pleasant, Texas. I’m roughly 300 miles from my hotel in Austin and should get there in about 4 and half hours.
Was really impressed with Southern Missouri and even moreso with pretty much the entire state of Arkansas (beautiful). I thought there wasn’t such a thing as an Arkansas State trooper until I saw about ten cars within about 30 miles - sheesh).
Theme for today was smells instead of sights. The farmland provided a lot of really nice nasal injections.
I got a little distracted watching a crop duster in Missouri (those who know about my thing with flight will understand) but eventually kept me eyes on the road.
No dead dogs on the Interstate (thankfully) today but I believe the one dead one I did see was a wild boar/razorback/warthog. It was defintely too fat and hairless to be any dog I’ve ever seen. Of course if that locals inbreed why wouldn’t their pets?