Day 30: Rest Day In Hot Springs, AR and Little Rock, AR

Dinner last night with Kelly was fun, but I teetered on falling asleep a couple of times. I winced and groaned any time I stood up, sat down, got in a car, got out of a car, etc. I apologized to Kelly for how tired I was, and how it hurt my conversation skills, but she understood.

I did go on a short walk on Grand Avenue. Near the motel was this sign for the Hot Springs National Park Visitor Center.

Folks, Dodge's has to have the very best spread of delicious to-go foods among any convenience store in Arkansas, including their renouned fried chicken. And it's a gas station too! "Feed your car and feed your face." Even though I only bought was a bean burrito and a decaf coffee, I do recommend this place on East Grand Avenue in Hot Springs.

This ain' no regulah plac' ta fill up yur truck. Y'all look at awwwl t'at friiiieed chicken 'nsahd!
(Done in my best accent.)

Below is an excellent tribute to Dodge's Fried Chicken & Gasoline by the Eating With George blog:

Direct link:
Eating With George's Write-Up On Dodge's

Around this time, my body sent strong signals that it did not want to walk or stand anymore. I immediately went back to the motel and laid down for another 90 minutes.

We entered Hot Springs National Park and drove on scenic roads on small mountains.

Nice view of Hot Springs and some surrounding hills in that second photo.

In the evening, Kelly and I arrived in North Little Rock with time to kill, and so we walked around the McCain Mall. (No relation to John)

At a kiosk, we noticed this wide assortment of Razorbacks baseball shirts. Impressive, but that was only the beginning ...

Razorback shirts
Razorback clocks
Razorback chairs
Razorback stuffed animals
Razorback baby bibs
Razorback bumper stickers
Razorback mugs
Razorback flags
Razorback lamps
Razorback golf balls
Razorback cookie jars
Razorback umbrellas

And so much more!

Talk about being in *HOG PARADISE!*

And to my friends in Louisiana, I love y'all, but this shirt got it right! :D