 |
| Birmingham, Alabama |
Last day of our road trip. One more state to go: Kentucky. Over the last ten days, my fabulous, good-sport husband has driven 2,500 miles so far. He’s behind the wheel and is my travel partner extraordinaire. He’s indulging me in striving toward my goal of seeing all 50 states in our country.
 |
| Dickinson, North Dakota |
From North Dakota down to Alabama and back up to Kentucky. Crazy? Nope. In this short time, we’ve experienced the rich variety of this wonderful nation. We’ve witnessed starkly different landscapes - from endless flat fields of Oklahoma and Kansas, to rock fjords of South Dakota’s Badlands, to forests of Alabama choked with falling-down shacks. We’ve driven through towns with block after block of shuttered businesses in Mississippi and Alabama but we were astonished by the picture-perfect charm of Bentonville, Arkansas. We’ve also delighted in discovering the differences of people across our land. You have to eat, right? We enjoyed seeking out local eateries and bars run by local entrepreneurs, to eat but meet and talk with locals.
 |
| M’s Pub in Omaha, Nebraska |
Parts of our country are so different, but parts of it are so much the same. I did a double-take at the sight of Arkansas’ state house in Little Rock. It looks eerily similar to Rhode Island’s state house that I see from my window in Providence.
 |
| State House in Little Rock, Arkansas |
It’s been a wonderful trip. And it will also be wonderful to return home to Little Rhody.
 |
| State House in Providence, Rhode Island |