After checking into a hotel, we went to downtown Little Rock. Downtown has a nice area called the "River Market District" with shops and restaurants. The area was fairly quiet, with few people walking around (then again, it was Monday and over 100 degrees). After exploring the area we went to the Clinton Presidential Library.
This was really interesting--the Library/museum has great exhibits on President Clinton's early life and a complete timeline of his eight years in the White House. The museum also has exact replicas of the Cabinet Room and the Oval Office. Seeing these rooms was neat, especially because we had seen the real ones when I interned at the White House. Other highlights included seeing some letters and gifts that the President and Hillary received from celebrities and ordinary Americans.
The museum also has the President's daily schedule from every day of his presidency. It was fun to look up September 17, 2000, when I traveled to Philadelphia to work on the President's motorcade. Here is a picture of the Library/museum from the second floor:
Here is a picture of us in front of the Oval Office reproduction:
(Yes, I shaved my goatee--I think Bari is happier). :)After touring the Library we drove around Little Rock and saw Central High School (where nine black students integrated the school in 1957), the governor's mansion (where then-Governor Clinton lived for twelve years), and the state capitol. Here is Central High (it is huge!):
Here is us in front of the Arkansas state capitol:
We ended the evening at a minor league baseball game. We watched the Arkansas Travelers (AA affiliate of the Angels) beat the Wichita Wranglers (AA affiliate of the Royals) 4-3, with a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th inning. It was an exciting game.
Gas price in Little Rock, AR: $2.79 (it went up!) (I also forgot to post the other day that the gas price in Jackson, Tennessee was $2.65). I had thought there would be more variation around the country, but I guess not.
We are off to Dallas tomorrow!
2 comments:
Forget about the gas prices-- I want to know how much you paid for those minor league tickets! It looks like there were about 27 other people in the stands with you. Or maybe that's just the camera angle?
Off to Dallas? I recommend you stop and get some eggs. I was in Dallas in August once. You can make your own breakfast this time of year-- just use the hood of the car to fry them up. I'd love to see a picture of that...
Tickets were $8 (we could have bought "general admission for $6, but we decided to splurge). The stadium seats about 5,000, and there were about 1,500 people there. A guy sitting next to me said that they normally fill the stadium, but that a lot of people stayed away because of the heat.
The plan is to catch a Rangers game tonight!
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