We had hoped to get out of Arkansas today but a strong headwind kept up from getting big miles. We made it to Lake Village from Pine Bluff, some 82 hard earned miles. It was very hot, near 100 degrees again. Tomorrow will be hotter. We are 20 miles from Mississippi. There is not a lot to see on this side of Arkansas except soy bean and cotton fields. The combine showed in the picture costs 255,000 dollars. You need to harvest 15,333 acres to pay for itself! We needed to stop several times today to go inside convenience and grocery stores to cool off. One of the grocery store managers asked about our trip and when we explained our undertaking he told us to help ourselves to whatever we wanted to drink, on the house! We did not want to take advantage of his offer so we settled for a gallon of chocolate milk and proceeded to drink it right there on the spot. We went out to dinner tonight and met Calvin and Mary at the restaurant and we talked the entire time we were there. Great people and they boosted our egos to continue riding for one more day. I had difficulties loading pictures tonight. Click on each image to view clearly.
Arkansas possesses a wide variety of minerals, with annual production valued in excess of $1,000,000,000. Petroleum, natural gas, and bromine, in that order, are the top three minerals produced. Arkansas leads the nation in production of bauxite, providing over 80% of this valuable ore from which aluminum is made. There are 2.4 million people in Arkansas and 600,000 acres of lakes with 6 national parks. It ranks 24th in overall size. Elevation varies from 2700 ft in the Western Ozarks to 55 feet at the Mississippi River. Arkansas has the only diamond mine in the world that is open to the public!
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