Cross Country 1 Arkansas-New Mexico: the first leg of my trip from Charlotte-LA. Alot of hot days...
		In a museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas Checkers with corn-cobb pieces. Old school! Old and new technology... Big camera, little camera! (In my phone) The ol' downtown. "Taking my own sweet time!" Glad my vehicle was faster! The accoutrements of a proper military gentleman. We've come a long way in this regard... A doll house...? The peaceful couple... The tipsy cook! Well, are you? Gallows: site of many strangulations and snapped necks...justice? A Fort Smith changing of the guard. This was the former border of the USA and Indian land. The Trail of Tears also ran through Fort Smith. Soldiers are there to this day.. Past? Present? What's changed? Where the "Trail" forded the river... Where ferry boats full of suffering Indians and their oppressors docked. What remains at the landing point, however withered... Windmills?! Cool. This is in Oklahoma Cooler. Coolest. Checking in with Mom at a rest stop. Smile Mom! A little hacky sack to stretch the legs (*_*) Long, long road... Texas! The vastness begins... The first Texan I ever met! "Can I help you sir?" The second! Trying to catch a ride? Now that's my kind of speed limit!! Ladying at high-speed !! With the road so endless, what better way to spend the time? I so missed my exit because of them!! And they are not common here! New Mexico!! Am I in danger?