A day off in Santa Fe? Sure. Great food. Great shopping. Pretty things to look at. A day off at the Hinton Inn in Hinton, Oklahoma? Decent food. No shopping, other that what can be found in a Love's truck stop. Anyone need a chrome horn? Pretty things to look at? Nada.
Ready to make our escape from Hinton, Oklahoma
All that said, the Hinton Inn is staffed by extremely nice people who maintain a quality inn and who provide their guests with both breakfast and dinner. Breakfast was so-so but they cooked a killer pork roast for dinner last night. They also have fast broadband internet service. Bloggers like that a lot.
Our journey today consisted of 100 mile runs down the interstate, punctuated by 15 minute stops at an array of convenience stores. We did have a good lunch at the Southern Cafe in Salisaw, Oklahoma.
Under dark skies riding through Oklahoma City
We stopped for the night in Russellville, Arkansas, about 75 miles west of Little Rock. Russellville sits on Arkansas Highway 7. North of Russellville, Highway 7 turns into one of the better twisty roads in the Ozark Mountains.
If the weather looks good tomorrow, we might head north on Highway 7 and joyride the Ozarks. We would then take a northern route across Arkansas and cross the Mississippi River near Dyersburg, Tennessee. It is a fairly long route so who knows. If the weather looks iffy, we will take I-40, through Little Rock and end up in Memphis, for a night of dry-rubbed ribs and whatever other Memphis BBQ delicacies jump on our plates. Twisty, scenic roads versus succulent Memphis barbeque. There is no bad answer.
