December 13, 2009
We set our alarms for 6:30 but no one got up till after 730. We got a late start and didn't leave Franklin until like 10. We drove into Nashville, drove through the downtown area. We had to be quick since we lost a couple hours of driving time, but we were able to stop and pick up some souvenirs and check out some shops.
We left Nashville and started driving towards Memphis. Although Tennessee was gorgeous, with hills and mountains, it made me appreciate how green California really is.
On the way to Memphis we stopped at Graceland, we couldn't figure out a way to get out of paying for it so we went to all the different gift shops and saw The Heartbreak Hotel.
After Graceland we drove straight to Little Rock, Arkansas. To get there we had to cross the Mississippi River.
At this point of the trip, Arkansas was probably my least favorite state. It was so bare, no trees…it was ugly.
In Little Rock we ate dinner at a placed called Schlotzsky's Deli. Lisa and I wanted to get postcards so we drove about 10 minutes to a Walmart, only to find that they don't carry postcards. We did meet a very cute Arkansas boy with the cutest accent. We asked how to get to Toad Suck Park, because out of everywhere, that's where Sara wanted to go. However the guy had no idea on how to get there. So we got back on the road and started driving to Oklahoma. On the way we stopped at a Sonics because Sara needed limeade and Lisa wanted cheese fries. We get there and order our food and I go to the bathroom. I thought I had locked the door but really…I hadn't and Lisa walked in on me…imagine if that hadn't been Lisa… haha
We left Sonics and on the way to Oklahoma City we saw a sign that said Checotah was coming up, which we all kind of knew that's where Carrie Underwood is from. 
Checotah, Oklahoma is probably one of the smallest towns I've ever been to. It's pretty much the size of Tres Pinos if not maybe smaller. And in her song "I Aint in Checotah Anymore" she describes it perfectly. We drove in and the first thing we saw was a Sonics. I made Sara stop there so I could ask them for things to see that is Carrie Underwood related. The girls were laughing at the fact that I was actually asking this so it made it hard for me to get the question out. The lady kept asking me to repeat myself then finally said "Mam, I cannot understand you" and then Sara reversed and left before I could say anything else to the lady. We started driving through the town and saw a drive through convenience store.
We drove up and saw an older man, kinda grungy looking, and wearing denim on denim and he had a mullet. Sara described his as the "epitome of white trash," but anyway, he was standing at the entrance so I pull in and I asked him how it worked and he was like "I don't know I usually just walk up her and grab what I want" Then I saw another man a little further down standing inside a booth. I drove forward and realized that the man standing in the booth was an actual employee and the grungy man did NOT work there. As this began to sit in, the three of started laughing and couldn't stop. The young, attractive employee looked at us and laughed to. One of the first things he said was "ladies…ladies...get yourself together" haha
The conversation with the employee was pretty hilarious.
Snippets from the conversation:
"I'm not gonna deny a lady her licorice"- to Lisa
"I'm confused on how this works" – Me
"I'm pretty perplexed too"- the guy
"we're gonna do this? Let's do this" – the guy
Haha, it was just one of the funniest moments of the trip. All the while Lisa starts to feel sick from the licorice, the cheese fries and from being challenged to a little Debbie brownie challenge. (We told her she couldn't eat two and she said she could...and later regretted it)
After the convenience store, we drove through the single stop light and headed back to the I-40 and stopped for the night in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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