11.05.2007

day five: arkansas, the natural state


nick's bbq, carlisle, ak, originally uploaded by isabelle gr.

If Illinois is the land of Lincoln, Arkansas is the land of Clinton. Although the people here don't wear it proud on their license plates like up north. If they could have license plates that read "land of bbq" people would have that.


Arkansas is a continuation of the friendly belt across America's waistband - the mid south region. We travelled across the bayous west of West Memphis after dark, and settled on Forrest City as our stopping place for the night. When the lady at the front desk saw that we came from New York, she exclaimed, "Ew I want to visit New York! What's that food y'all are famous for there? I can't think of it! Is it phillycheesesteak?"

So friendly!

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