What a pleasant surprise to find that our journey began on the road to Success! Yes, Success Arkansas. After all the preparations and planning and preparations and some worries; some triumphs in projects and frustrations, too... our drive began today. Out the driveway, down the street, and Julie commented that it was just like any other drive down the street. Except this one will be a bit longer before we come back around the corner past the day lilies.
The car is driving great. It was great having air conditioning today. We took turns driving and now are stopped now for dinner in Springfield, Missouri. We figure on staying overnight in Joplin after following old Route 66 from Springfield to Joplin. Then tomorrow we'll savor the section of Route 66 through Kansas.
On the way south to snag Arkansas we stopped for gas in Poplar Bluff. The owner came running out and asked if we were the folks who were on the news last night and this morning! Then she and a customer took our pictures. We travelled a short distance in Arkansas and that's when we discovered Success. There's some pretty rolling hills in that part of Arkansas and also in Missouri. Some of the rolling hills reminded me of parts of Switzerland, not the Alps. A little later we both noted that the rolling terrain was similar to Badlands that we saw last summer.... but what a contrast of green here versus not green there. --Mark
During today I thought of how much we are going to see in the next four weeks. Already today we've seen flat farmland in Missouri and Arkansas, then hilly forested land in Mark Twain National Park back in Missouri. And this is only two states so far... --Julie
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Hey there Mark and Julie. This sounds like the Mark I know, and knew. Get out on that road, travelin' down that long lonesome highway. Best of luck, and John Birkhimer, Carla, Laura and Jared, and Lily say "Maybe we'll see you out there on the road someplace." I know what the car looks like... and what an inspirational thought about Gene.
I wish you best of luck..however one thing is sure... I dont think that your Mercedes is gonna let you down !
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Mark & Julie -
I love road trips and keep a Google Alert for "road trips". My husband, Phil, and I also traveled all 48 contiguous states - but we took a year to do it! We're sure you'll have a blast. We had such a great time, we came home and wrote a book called "Live Your Road Trip Dream" to help other folks who might want to take an extended trip to get all of the "how to" information that we accumulated on our trip.
Would you mind if I mentioned your trip in my next newsletter?
Carol White
www.roadtripdream.com
oops - forgot to leave you my email to respond
carol@roadtripdream.com
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