Since the Mississippi River State Park campground was so beautiful and it was a great weather day, we lingered at the campsite until about 10.

When we left the campground, we stopped at Jones’ BBQ diner in Mariana that the campground staff had recommended. The owner started working there when he was 14 and 66 years later, he is still selling pulled pork sandwiches with coleslaw—the only thing on the menu. We got two sandwiches to go to eat on our journey today.

We traveled west on I 40. Nothing much to report. Typical interstate. We are now at Lake Fort Smith campground for the evening. A big shout out to the Arkansas State Park system. The two campgrounds we have stayed at are beautiful, quiet, have great amenities and bath houses, and Wi-Fi in the campground plus s friendly and helpful staff. This campground was built in 1936, but of course, has been upgraded and remodeled extensively.

We never gave Arkansas much thought, but it is a beautiful state.

Every town, regardless of the size, has at least one church with most towns, having at least a half dozen. They are usually small, modest buildings, but this one was a particularly large ornate one we saw today.