On my way through St. Louis, I picked up another AmeriCorps member, Ken. Ken is from Rhode Island, speaks with an East Coast accent, and had never really seen fields before the trip.
When we were traveling through Arkansas, we saw signs for a state park and having nothing better to do that day, we decided to stop.
What we found was one of the world's smallest state parks. The sign is pictured above. Yes, you read it right, there was an archaeological museum thrown in. However, the fee of $7 to tour it was enough to discourage us.
Anyway, the park was square and the area was *maybe* one square mile. The trees were bigger than any that I've ever seen. In the picture below, you can see two people sitting at the base of one of the trees. (Click the picture for a closer look.)
Later we stopped at the fabulous Marie Grocery. There was a woman smoking a cigarette behind the counter when Ken went in, and she was just as friendly as could be. We never did find out if she was *the* Marie though.
That was about all Arkansas had to offer us. Then it was on to Memphis.
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