On the Road; Forest City, Arkansas

October 3
Forest City AR


About 50 miles west of Memphis, we stopped here for the night. There were 5 motels lined up in a row and it really paid to look at a room in each one. We ended in a nice Hampton Inn. One of the motels was passable and was only $45. a night but the clientele were so repulsive, it eliminated the place completely.

We went to dinner at the "best restaurant in ton" which was quite terrible but it was housing a dinner for the Wynne AK Hot Rodders Assn which was quite interesting. They call themselves the Hot Rodders but it seems mainly a 50's nostalgia group. Many of the cars are 1950s, all shiny and finny. Some of the women participants dress in poodle skirts and saddle shoes. In their dining room played 50's music and a strobe light(not 50's) added to the atmosphere. The group has done Route 66 to CA and plan to do it again next year now that 66 has been somewhat improved.