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As of Oct 17, 2006,
I have driven
   15,290 Total Miles
   24,607 Total Kilometers

The Most Recent Drive
    Sat, Oct 21, 2006
California
    Little River   <- Start
    Albion
    Navarro
    Philo
    Booneville
    Yorkville
    Cloverdale
    Asti
    Healdsburg
    Windsor
    Fulton
    Santa Rosa
    Rhonert Park
    Cotati
    Petaluma
    Novato
    Santa Venecia
    San Raphael
    Larkspur
    Mill Valley
    San Francisco
    South San Francisco
    San Bruno
    Burlingame
    Milbrae
    Hillsborough
    San Mateo
    Belmont
    San Carlos
    Redwood City, CA   <- End

Driven: Thu, May 25, 2006
Posted: 2006-06-06
Fooling About in Arkansas
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Brick Pawn Shop wall
One of the problems with bonking about in Smalltown is that eventually you will need something that is not available in the local Walmart nor in the businesses that managed to survive the economic scouring that a new Walmart tends to give a community. I came upon such a moment when one of my external hard drives took a data dump to that big supercomputer in the sky. Fortunately, I practice data-redundancy but that still left me with a the knowledge that if something happens to the remaining drive, I'm in deep doo doo…. Hence it was time for a day trip to Little Rock, Arkansas.

eat with cuz_Fishers steakhouse sign
   
Zoom, zoom. My laundry-bag in tow I zipped past the rice fields until they turned to corn and the corn to the outskirts of an urban area. Paved crossroads, traffic lights… exciting things like that.

   
scrapyard row
Little Rock Arkansas is a nice, small mid-western capitol city. At the President Clinton Museum gift shop you can buy sunglasses and find out what the ex-pres has on his iPod. Hmmm was that a subtle product placement by apple?

tiny old house with sign
   
It's hot there in the Spring, hotter in the Summer. Go down to the river where there are nice restaurants and shops with air conditioning. My recommendation is to go to Flying Saucer Draught Emporium ( 323 President Clinton Ave, Little Rock, AR 72201). They have seven thousand beers from around the world on tap and twice that in bottles. If you are lucky you will get to chat with the owner who can be seen srolling about, beer in hand chatting to his buddies, making sure everyone has what they need. It is a lively atmosphere with good food and lots of beer.

   
another beat-up, abandoned house
I also have to compliment Little Rock Arkansas on having one of the nicest Laundromats. Fun Wash on Barrow is a pleasant place to be while attending to a less than pleasant chore. The folks are friendly and talkative and the facilities clean…

OK, so there is little to really say about Little Rock, but I generated enough text to post the pictures.


 
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