The problem is getting to places in Arkansas. I point to US71, a main north/south road in western Ark. Try making some time on that 2 lane road behind all the log trucks! North and south of Mena is a killer.
I’ll be there look for the 5 people in blue!
Awesome on both counts.
I too have been to a few Presidential locations. I especially enjoyed visiting Eureka College in Illinois, where Ronald Reagan graduated and played football. Very small school, but very nice, lots of tributes to our greatest modern day President.
Another nice trip included Monticello. Very Nice home, Jefferson did well for himself. I have also visited UVA.
But one place was very amazing when considering a President actually came from there, Plains, Georgia. An incredible, simple small American town. Hard to believe a man who lived grew up there and lived there when he became Governor of Georgia, then became a US President. Until a few years ago he would still be seen riding his bicycle around town. In the "Peanut Express" railroad station they had a lot of his memorabilia. His mother was quite a funny lady. One funny thing was a recording of him calling her from the Governor's office, the call went something like this....
Jimmy "Momma I have decided to run for the presidency."
His Mother "That's wonderful Jimmy, what do you want to be President of?"
Jimmy "The United States, Momma."
His mother "Oh Lord, Jimmy."
Another recording you could listen to was of his mother being interviewed at his inaugural ball, alongside the infamous Billy Carter. It went something like this....
Reporter "Mrs. Carter you must be proud of your son."
Mrs. Carter "Yes, he has always been such a good boy. He has worked hard all his life. He gets up early every morning and works hard at his gas station. He would make any mother proud. I am proud of my other son too, he was sworn in as the new President today."
She was truly a mother who loved all her children and did not play favorites!
Is there a game today? You wouldn't know it by the traffic on this forum. APATHY, baby! embrace it!
Meanwhile, I can't help myself, Go Dawgs! Win it!
TMac and Skippy not only killed our football program but also killed some great game day experience on this forum: no longer look-a-like or score prediction during the week leading to the game.
There hasn't been new blood of fan bleed in the last 5 years or so.
My prediction is that our pillow holds out just a touch longer than Bowling Green’s pillow.
I fired up ESPN+ earlier and fired up a couple of games to make sure I was still logged in and functioning. But it always seems like when the game I really want to watch comes on, it gives me an error message and makes me redo the login process. We'll see around 4 today.