Saturday, 4-22-2017

Saturday was windy & cool. Tornado sirens kept us awake until about 2am, then it was misting fairly heavily at daylight. The local TV weather radar showed the front passing and clearing around 9am, so we ate a leisurely breakfast, loaded up & hit the road around 10.30.

Yup, we hit the road, all for a mile & a half, to our first stop, President Bill Clinton's boyhood home. A typical small two story home in small town America. Because of the mist, I took no pics, but got one from their archives.

From here, on the road north to see the Fort Smith National Historic Site. This place was right downtown Ft Smith, Ar, on the Arkansas River. There were still some foundations visible, all on top of a hill with a view of the entire area.

Views from the top of the hill

This is also the final destination for the Native Americans, forced to walk the Trail of Tears. Fort Smith insured they stayed on the Oklahoma side of the river.

The five Nations that were forcibly relocated:

Today was a slow day, only a little over 200 miles, tho we did get two more stamps for our NP Passport. From Hope, Ar to Fort Smith was a leisurely 2.5 hour ride along two lane roads. Resting tonight in Van Buren Arkansas.