'Continental breakfast' oddity: a container of peaches from Greece packed in Thailand. How can that be cost effective? Do we not raise peaches in this country anymore?
We spent about half of our second day digging for diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park near Murfreesboro, Arkansas, where "any diamonds, semi-precious stones, rocks or minerals you unearth are yours to keep, regardless of their value."
Crater of Diamonds State Park, Arkansas 
Sifting for diamonds
Joyce at Crater of Diamonds State Park, May 31, 2005.
We were getting hot after 5 hours in the sun, so we called it a day about 2:00 pm. It takes about 100 tourist hours on average to find a diamond. We did not find any in 20 tourist hours. I did find some nice pieces of jasper and agate.
Nearly every rock shop we saw in Arkansas has a table with big chunks of colorful 'slag glass.' I have no idea who makes it or why--or what you would do with a chunk of it. It is pretty.
Slag glass in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.
This is an authentic general store in Murfreesboro:
Their motto: "We have almost everything if you help us find it"
We drove through Old Washington State Park on the way to Hope, Arkansas [Former President Clinton was originally from there.] Old Washington seemed more like a ghost town than a 'living history museum' -- and we were hungry so we hurried on to Hope. We ate dinner at a Mexican restaurant there.
Tune in tomorrow for Day 3: North to Hot Springs via Lum 'N Abner's Pine Ridge.
A rich man may be wise in his own eyes,
but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.
When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;
but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding.
--Proverbs 28:11-12 [NIV]
but a poor man who has discernment sees through him.
When the righteous triumph, there is great elation;
but when the wicked rise to power, men go into hiding.
--Proverbs 28:11-12 [NIV]
