The end of Arkansas, the beginning of Colorado

The end of Arkansas, the beginning of Colorado: I wasn't very diligent at posting the last of our Arkansas trip. Didn't take too many photos because we were busy riding. We rode home in 105 degree heat, oh joy. Fabulous trip, though. Next up: Colorado.

Dogpatch and The Hub

The Hub is a "motorcycle friendly" motel perched atop a mountain north
of Jasper. It arose in 2005 from fragments of the strange demise of
Dogpatch USA. That tale is too long to relate here so I refer you to
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpatch_USA
It is worth reading: dreams, imagination, ambition, overreach, folly,
greed, lawsuits, near decapitation -- better than a special double
Sunday edition of L'il Abner.

To Jasper and beyond

Today we got out of the heat and out of the flat. Riding from
Arkadelphia to Jasper was our first experience of the Arkansas
mountains, crossing both the Ouachitas and the Ozarks. There are so
many curves that a stretch of straight road comes as a surprising
novelty. At a local burger joint of renown we met a sport bike rider
from College Station -- this is biker country.
A bit of rain and lightning entertained us on the way into Jasper,
where we planned to stay. But the available accommodations were Early
Phillip Morris, so we rode on to "Dogpatch" and The Hub.

Arkadelphia AR

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&q=34.180237,-93.072677%20%28100%20Crystal%20Palace%20Dr,%20Arkadelphia,%20AR%2071923,%20USA%29

9 hours after leaving Houston, 6 hours in the saddle, 386 miles, 63
mph, 98 degrees. Time for some comfort.

Leigh Anderson
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Arkansas

Click http://tayaratravels.blogspot.com/search/label/2011-06 to see all of this trip

We are leaving tomorrow on our bikes for Arkansas, crossing the Ouchita's twice and the Ozarks four times.