Indianapolis to West Memphis

Hello again,

8:30 am: Indianapolis, Indiana
4:30 pm: West Memphis, Arkansas

Observations:

• Today a bobcat crossed the road ahead of us, very close, in Indiana. That was cool.

• The vast expanses of agricultural land we have passed through in the last two days is astounding.

• The distance between red-tailed hawks watching the verges for prey never seems to less than one kilometre.

• Ranking of roadkill noted today: Racoon (8); possum (5); skunk (3); coyote (2, we think...may have been other canids); fox, deer and red-tailed hawk (tied, 1 each).

• After we started out at 8:30am the air temperature tended to rise about 1 Celsius degree for every hour of travel further southwest. (For fun: What's the potential for misunderstanding with that observation as stated?)

• The headwind we fought almost all of yesterday cost about an additional 2 litres of fuel per 100 kilometres travelled compared to today's fuel consumption.

That's all I've got.

Tomorrow we are heading to Little Rock and Hot Springs. That should be relaxing, I hope.

stay calm,
j