Today was a really strange travel day for me. First, it was a blast. I love being out on 66 and I’m so glad that I got to see quite a bit today.

But the strange thing was, though I was seeing a LOT of what I’ve seen before, *how* I got there was totally different. The thing is, I can’t understand why.

Route 66 has a couple different alignments, sure, but even in places where there was only one alignment, I felt like I had never been there before. Honestly, I think I must have skipped quite a bit, at least in Missouri, on the first time through.

At any rate, a really cool thing about today is where we left Route 66. Originally, the plan was to drive to Lebanon, MO… or, if we were lucky, Springfield, MO. But by the time we got to Springfield, it wasn’t all that late. Also, Becky doesn’t have to be in Memphis till 3pm on Monday. So we could do some of the traveling to Memphis tomorrow. Right? Right!

And all that adds up to having more time on Route 66. I know I was grateful for that.

We made it all the way through Missouri. Into Kansas. Did all 12 miles of Kansas. And then made our way through a pretty good chunk of northern Oklahoma! To Afton!

We then said our goodbyes to Route 66 (the last thing I did was take a picture of the last section of road that we were on. There was a train in it. Aww.

After that, for the next couple of hours, we winded our way out of Okahoma and into Arkansas. Tonight we are holed up in a nice motel outside Harrison, AR. Great room.

See the pictures. I’m pretty happy with them.

And here are Sarah’s.

Well today we started in Harrison, Arkansas. We had to get to Memphis by 330pm. And we did. But along the way, we discovered that Arkansas is actually a really pretty state. Especially going south on US 65 to Little Rock. East of Little Rock, it’s not so pretty, but that’s also where some major flooding has been going on.

We got to Memphis and ate at a really really good Indian place. Then we checked out some spots that Cole told me about. Nice town, I guess, but – like her – I could never really live here. The healthfood store she told me out has gone out of business. Most of the shops were closed for the day or forever.

Sadly, we missed House of Mews, which is a cat adoption place. We got tons of pics through the window though.

After Becky was finished with her stuff, we high-tailed it out of Memphis. We are now in a motel room in Cookeville, TN. Tomorrow we will be home. Late tomorrow. Really late, probably.

Here are the pics from today (only 17).

And here are Sarah’s.