Week 59: Mammoth Spring, Arkansas

Mammoth Spring

Long ago and far away (but not far, far away), I visited Arkansas. Jackie and I stayed in a motel somewhere in Arkansas, I could not tell you where, when we drove from Stringtown, Oklahoma to Montgomery, Alabama for Jackie's cousin's wedding. It does not count for my quest to visit all 50 states, because we did not visit any interesting sites, just drove through and spent the night, but I have seen the place.
 

The first town at the Missouri-Arkansas border is called Mammoth Spring, which is a small town (less than 1,000 people) with a big spring contained in it. According to Wikipedia, Mammoth Spring, the spring, is the third largest spring in the Ozark Plateau region and the seventh largest natural spring in the world, which must mean that three of the seven largest springs in the world are in the Ozark Plateau region, right? I think so.

Last week I said I might get to two-thirds of the way through my trip in seven or eight days, but it only took me six. This week I walked about 17,000 steps on Monday (walking to bridge and back), Thursday (Democrats of Jubilee meeting), and Friday (walking with Joel.) So my activities are helping me put in some extra steps.

The Mississippi River and the Tennessee border at Memphis are less than 150 miles from where I am now, so I will only be in Arkansas about one month. My total distance walked is now over 2,300 miles, which seems like quite a lot to me, but there are still almost 1,200 miles to go.