November 5, 2023 Day 29 West Helena Arkansas 0 miles
Today is a day of rest. The tires are still very flat and the stores are closed. Rob needs to make some parts calls in the morning. Model A parts are just not to be found at your local Walmart.
We have been promised a downstairs room but not until 3:30 after the cleaning crew finishes. They are not very speedy. Seems they have to have a morning catch up on the local gossip time when they arrive. Then they get out the carts and have the first morning break. Strip the beds and then have lunch. So goes the day. They may not clean all the rooms in one day. They are a friendly bunch of very slow workers.
We did get our new room about 3:00. It is on the first floor but on the opposite side of the building from the car. Seems the first floor rooms on that side are all smoking rooms. Well we certainly don’t want one of those.
Our big outing for the day was to walk about 2 blocks to McDonald’s for lunch. There are no sidewalks anywhere and the road is very busy. The town looks depressed and very rough. The area we walked along doesn’t have much commerce or houses. The Sears store is closed as is the mini mart. Seems to be a new Mexican restaurant on the other side of the street. May have to try that tomorrow. Bummer, we just found out that they are closed tomorrow.
No pictures today. Nothing of interest to photograph.
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