Today (5/24/23) is the first leg of our return home. Departed Deadwood, South Dakota around 7:00 AM (mountain time zone) and arrived in Counsil Bluffs, Iowa around 5:00 PM (central time zone) which means time on the road including stops and sight seeing was about 9 hours. Distance was 554 miles. Tomorrow’s plans are to travel to Little Rock, Arkansas which is approximately 607 miles.
One of our rest stops was a South Dakota Welcome/Information station. Had to do an unexpected short tour and take a few more photos. Below is a small sampling of our personal photos for this leg of the trip home.
Changed our plans, did not go all the way to Little Rock, Arkansas, no hotels there appealed to my co-pilot, not questioning her judgement, she seems to pick them very well.
Today 05/25/23 was our second leg of the trip home. We departed Council Bluffs, Iowa approximately 8:30 AM and arrived in Conway, Arkansas around 5:00 PM. By the way Conway, Arkansas seen on the map by Conway Twitty and Twitty, Texas is how he picked his stage name. Thought you might not know that. LOL
In The Billboard Book of Number One Hits, Fred Bronson states that the singer was looking at a road map when he spotted Conway, Arkansas, and Twitty, Texas, and chose the name Conway Twitty.
Conway Twitty – Wikipedia
Route was down the western side of Iowa on I-29, continuing on I-29 in Missouri to Kansas City, then I-49 the remainder of Missouri to Alma, Arkansas. Then it was Eastern bound on I-40 to Conway, Arkansas. Our distance was 567 miles for the day. Speed limit in Iowa was 75 MPH while Missouri slowed us down a bit with a limit of 70 MPH. Upon entering Arkansas it changed back to 75 MPH. Speed limit of 80 MPH was last seen in South Dakota but Arkansas on the interstates remind me of my days in Texas where the speed limit signs are merely a suggestion. 🙂 🙂
Not a lot to say about the travel through Missouri, more flat land in that area compared to our previous travel days. Noticeable was the mile markers every two tenths of a mile but guessing they have a valid reason for placing them so often? Questionable is the fact that we saw not ONE rest area or Welcome center through the entire state of Missouri on either interstate highway we traveled? Maybe we missed them? 🙂
Arkansas scenery along the highway was fantastic, mountainous and very green! My first time in Arkansas and much more than I had imagined in beauty. A few of our photos below from todays journey below:
Stay tuned for tomorrows travel as we expect this to be the last leg to HOME!
May 26th, 2023:
Our last leg of this trip, homeward bound today, looking forward to getting home. It’s really been a fantastic trip, one we will never forget but getting home is nice too after such a long road trip. No matter how long, would do it again in a heart beat.
Today’s travel started around 8:30 AM with us arriving home approximately 7:00 PM. Total of 582 miles and home sweet home.
In summary this was a 22 day trip started May 5th, 2023, ended May 26th, 2023 with a total of 5,026 miles averaged 26.5mpg. We both loved it and would do it again!
Though this trip has ended we have had other adventures since and will post a few of those as time permits.
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