Heading East!...left Little Rock after a very good nite's sleep...almost missed the Free Continental Breakfast...but we made it!...drove on a very good straight Highway..I-40 all the way from Little Rock to Nashville...extremely fast travel thru very pretty farmland for the most part on a hot, but beautiful sunny day....Most of the farms were planted with soy beans..with a few in corn..pretty rolling hills and we had the thrill of crossing the upper part of the Mississippi as we drove thru Memphis, Tennessee...Arkansas to our delight was beautifully green...lovely foliage and in all a pretty state....one of the stops for diversion was a drive offf the highway down a little country road for about 15 miles to a boating and camp site along the Tennessee River where they produce natural water pearls by introducing into the Mussels located there with small seeds of shell...we saw a short documentary displaying the activity and of course, Daras was able to pick up a little ring as a remembrance...We reached the Hermitage after closing time...found a nice motel..had a "southern" type dinner and now to bed. The ride today convinced us farther as to how nice is our country! Tomorrow morning we visit Jackson's "Hermitage" home and investigate his life with Rachel...can't wait to hear the story!
Tune in tomorrow to find out about it!