The Dead Presidents Tour 2013: Cowboys, Indians and Casinos

We had two rooms last night and all of us slept well without one having to sleep on an uncomfortable sofa bed. We have taken turns so that nobody gets stuck all the time. We decided to detour to go a little north so we could hit Route 66 and visit the Rock Café at Stroud, Ok where Cars, Toy Story and many other movies were filmed. It turned out to be a great stop and we had a great lunch there too. We decided that Oklahoma and Arkansas were the hardest parts of the drive because there was so much driving with literally nothing to look at. Sandra will enjoy the street sign as when I was working we learned of the Kickapoo Indians from our Tulsa friends. The scenery was the same and few billboards to comment on or look at. We did pass many Indian properties in east Oklahoma and many had casinos. We did stop at one on the boarder of Arkansas which was a Cherokee Nation Casino. We got $15 of their money to play with and we played for about an hour. Once back in the car we decided we needed an afternoon treat of ice cream and Kay found one called the Dari-Delite which was in the tiny town of Ozark, Arkansas. We find it on main street and had so much fun there just listening to the elderly folks that live there talk about everything they were seeing out the windows to greens and butter beans. We can only imagine what they had to say about us when we left but it was a fun and amusing stop. After another two hours of monotonous driving we finally arrived at The Residence Inn in Little Rock. Tonight was the night we had decided we would clean out the van as we had been putting our purchases along the way in two boxes that Debbie had brought. When we got them all in there it was horrifying to see how much we had to try to pack to get it home. Yikes. We ordered Chinese in and had our last bottle of wine together. It is hard to believe we will be in Memphis tomorrow and then it's over. We were talking the in car today and we have done so many things that we have to read the blog to remember what we did and when. We have traveled 4,500 miles as of tonight and been to Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas...14 states!