Fooling About in Arkansas

One of the problems with bonking about in Smalltown is that eventually you will need something that is not available in the local Walmart nor in the businesses that managed to survive the economic scouring that a new Walmart tends to give a community. I came upon such a moment when one of my external hard drives took a data dump to that big supercomputer in the sky. Fortunately, I practice data-redundancy but that still left me with a the knowledge that if something happens to the remaining drive, I'm in deep doo doo…. Hence it was time for a day trip to Little Rock, Arkansas.

Zoom, zoom. My laundry-bag in tow I zipped past the rice fields until they turned to corn and the corn to the outskirts of an urban area. Paved crossroads, traffic lights… exciting things like that.

Little Rock Arkansas is a nice, small mid-western capitol city. At the President Clinton Museum gift shop you can buy sunglasses and find out what the ex-pres has on his iPod. Hmmm was that a subtle product placement by apple?

It's hot there in the Spring, hotter in the Summer. Go down to the river where there are nice restaurants and shops with air conditioning. My recommendation is to go to Flying Saucer Draught Emporium ( 323 President Clinton Ave, Little Rock, AR 72201). They have seven thousand beers from around the world on tap and twice that in bottles. If you are lucky you will get to chat with the owner who can be seen srolling about, beer in hand chatting to his buddies, making sure everyone has what they need. It is a lively atmosphere with good food and lots of beer.

I also have to compliment Little Rock Arkansas on having one of the nicest Laundromats. Fun Wash on Barrow is a pleasant place to be while attending to a less than pleasant chore. The folks are friendly and talkative and the facilities clean…

OK, so there is little to really say about Little Rock, but I generated enough text to post the pictures.

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