We left home this morning at nine to begin our trip. There was a lot of last minute packing and running back inside for items. Our drive today was pretty straightforward, all on I-55. We’ve parked for tonight at the Tom Sawyer campground in West Memphis, Arkansas. This is a terrific campground, one I’ll certainly visit if we come this way again. It’s set on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi with long pullthroughs, very important for Breland after a long day of driving. Each campsite has trees and picnic tables and benches line the river bank. It would be perfect if the wifi were a little faster!

Our camper is parked right on the river. The river traffic here is very different from that in front of my house. There are no big ocean going vessels, just barges and a few small boats. We watched a bald eagle eat a fish on a sandbar on the river, easy to see in our binoculars but too far for the camera. Tomorrow we plan to drive a few hundred more miles north.


The photos on this blog will definitely not be high quality, I fear. Sometimes it will have to be a grab shot in between setting up camp and cooking dinner.