A Boy from a Place Called Hope/Rangers Game

I will post pictures from today's activities sometime later this week. Here is just a quick update on what we saw today:

We left Little Rock and stopped in Hope, Arkansas, where Bill Clinton lived until he was 7. This was a very small, sleepy town, and it was fun to see his boyhood home and first elementary school. We learned a very interesting fact: former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who is running for the Republican Presidential nomination, is also from Hope. So if he somehow wins, two of our Presidents will have come from this small town called Hope!

Our next stop was in Texarkana. This city is right on the border of Arkansas and Texas (there is a Texarkana, AR, and a Texarkana, TX). The interesting part is that there is a road called "State Line Boulevard." To one side of the double yellow lines is Arkansas, and to the other side is Texas. Each side even has the respective state flags along the side of the road so you know which state you are in. If you make a left turn, you are in a different state!

We made our way to Arlington, TX and checked into our hotel, which is right across the street from Six Flags. They say that everything is bigger in Texas, and this is certainly true of the Six Flags. It is huge!

Tonight we went to the A's-Rangers game at The Ballpark in Arlington. The score went back and forth, and the Rangers won 8-6. The ballpark is ok--not my favorite, but it was still fun to see a different park. The highlight is the statue of Nolan Ryan in center field.

Tomorrow will mark our last day of the journey as we head to San Antonio, which is about five hours away. The truck with our stuff arrived early and will be dropped off Wednesday afternoon. That is great news as it means we will have a bed to sleep in tomorrow night!

I may not post again until later this week, as we will be dealing with moving in and all (and will not have internet at our new place until at least Thursday night). But I will try to post more pictures soon.