Wandering Retirees

We left Dickson, TN this morning in clear but chilly weather (about 45 degrees) headed to Cabot, AR, a little over 300 miles to the west. The day stayed beautiful and warmed into the 80’s by mid-afternoon. Had to tuck away our fleeces and loosen our coats to take advantage of the moving air.
Western Tennessee is much flatter than the eastern part of the state. A lot of sprawling farms and the earth is so green. Just beautiful. Passing by Memphis, we crossed the big, muddy Mississippi into Arkansas which has gotten so much rain lately. Heavily agricultural, we saw mile after mile of farm fields under water, especially near the White River. Some homes and other buildings were also flooded. It’s amazing how resilient and tough farmers are to work their land no matter how nature behaves. I realize I take for granted what it takes to get food to the shelves of Wegman’s.

Cabot is about 25 miles north of Little Rock, and seems to depend mostly on agriculture and some local small colleges for its business. Folks are friendly enough and seem mostly working class. They do not walk anywhere, which kind of makes sense because there are no sidewalks. And little enough shoulder to the roads. We discovered this on our stroll to the local Kroger’s to buy fixings for our supper and sandwiches for tomorrow. (We also wound up with a Kroger’s member card. Not sure how that happened.) Passing drivers looked at us as though we were aliens landed from the moon. (We’re only from Jersey!) Nevertheless, our shopping was successfully completed. We just finished our supper and are contentedly sipping an adult beverage.

Tomorrow, we’re headed to Hot Springs, where a lot of famous people (and many who aren’t) have vacationed for the thermal baths. More tomorrow.

A sporting good store in Memphis, really.