Chuck and I are driving through middle America. Tennessee is long from east to west leading into Arkansas which leads into Oklahoma which has tornados. On I 40 (the old route 66) we discovered that Tennessee maintains the road, and Arkansas does not! You know sometimes when you go over a state line, the road changes, well this Arkansas part of I40 really is torn up. The speed limit was way under 70 and Chuck was pulled over as we bumped over the interstate… "You passed me," said the police officer… "Do you know how fast you were going?" he asked …. Both Chuck and I kind of shrugged… I would say, but didn’t say, "Interstate speed… " for Chuck about 80 miles per hour…. We don’t know how fast we were going… we were listening to a really exciting part of a Clive Custler novel on DVD… and I am sure police don’t want to hear that!!! The policeman took drivers license, insurance card, and registration back to his car and we sat waiting… feeling a little sad. I was thinking, "the ticket will be the cost of a few dinners on the road…" The police officer came back and said, "Drive slower, sir." and handed Chuck the license etc back. We hung our heads in shame… and drove off slowly. We don’t know why he let us go, but it went into the "Gratitude" book…. "Thank you dear Guardian angels"… We get off I40 here in North Little Rock and get onto I30 south to head into Texarcana and south past Dallas and into the Texas hill country. Tomorrow we will go to Luckenbach, Texas where Waylon, Willie and the boys sang!!!! The weather channel is full of Hurricane Michael and we hope our friends in Bahamas and on the east coast of the US especially my sister in Jacksonville are ready for the big blow… God bless you all and take care of you. Keep your powder dry.
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