Arkansas Oppos (if there are any)

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats) 08/15/2017 at 20:13 • Filed to: None

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Jesus Christ you have the worst fucking roads I’ve ever seen, and I’ve traveled in third world countries. Maybe you should spend less money on ten commandment roadsigns and more on road maintenance, eh? I mean, this is a nice enough state, but your roads are fuuuuuuuuuucked

Honeybunchesofgoats > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:15

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Also, why does Kansas become Can-saw, just because you put AR in front of it.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:20

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I personally feel most states need to stop taking money from roads and maintenance for their other bs, Either budget correctly the first time or don’t fucking do it.

WilliamsSW > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:20

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So, can I deduce that you’re at the Little Rock Hilton? Not a bad joint as I recall. Been years, though.

ranwhenparked > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:21

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Are they worse than Pennsylvania?

Honeybunchesofgoats > WilliamsSW 08/15/2017 at 20:23

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Apparently, there is no Hilton in Little Rock anymore. I’m in some Ascension hotel that is unreasonably nice for $140/night.

Honeybunchesofgoats > ranwhenparked 08/15/2017 at 20:26

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Somehow, yes. And Pennsylvania is a state where they’ll spill a lump of asphalt and leave it until it weathers down.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:27

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You clearly haven’t been to Oklahoma.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 08/15/2017 at 20:28

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I have not.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:30

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Don’t bother, it’s actual hell.

(also, Arkansas has some great driving roads)

Honeybunchesofgoats > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 08/15/2017 at 20:31

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I think I just stayed on 40 the whole way. Whatever comes out of Memphis.

Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:32

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You’ve not spent much time in the rural south, have you?

Honeybunchesofgoats > Rust and Dust - Oppositelock Forever 08/15/2017 at 20:35

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This is my first time. I can’t complain, except people are not as polite as they are in NY/NJ/PA. That Southern hospitality stuff is kind of bullshit.

ttyymmnn > Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) 08/15/2017 at 20:35

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Can confirm. Drove part of the Pig Trail this summer. Driving across southern AR is like driving on the moon, but northern AR is gorgeous.

ttyymmnn > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:36

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I have driven that road at least twice (both directions), and it is hell on earth. When we planned our vacation last month, I expressly said that I am NOT driving across southern AR again.

Bman76 (hates WS6 hoods, is on his phone and has 4 burners now) > ttyymmnn 08/15/2017 at 20:37

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We Wichitoppos did too, it was amazing.

Honeybunchesofgoats > ttyymmnn 08/15/2017 at 20:39

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Tennessee had tons of construction, but it was otherwise okay. Arkansas is just pot holes, uneven pavement, and generally fucked up roads. Virginia, on the other hand, had the nicest roads I’ve ever been on.

ttyymmnn > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:40

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What part of VA?

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:41

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Really, where in VA were you driving?

Honeybunchesofgoats > ttyymmnn 08/15/2017 at 20:46

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81 through to Tennessee.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 08/15/2017 at 20:46

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81. It was damned pretty.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 20:50

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But did you enjoy all the trucks? I hate driving on 81 and will actively avoid it.

Honeybunchesofgoats > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 08/15/2017 at 20:53

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I actually kind of liked it. I wasn’t in a rush, so I would just pick a truck between rest stops and set cruise control. Usually that meant doing 10 or so under the limit, but it was relaxing, since everyone could see the truck in front of me and I didn’t have to deal with tailgating.

The only time it bothered me was on steep grades.

ttyymmnn > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 21:01

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One of the most beautiful roads in America. I went to school at James Madison in Harrisonburg farther up 81. Also, the stretch of I-64 west from Lexington, through the Washington and Jefferson Nat’l Forests is breathtaking. Not very many cars on it, either.

ranwhenparked > Honeybunchesofgoats 08/15/2017 at 21:10

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I know, I grew up there and have lived in two other states since, and they are still the worst roads I’ve personally experienced, even New Jersey and New York* are better

*outside NYC and the post apocalyptic areas of upstate, like Gloversville and Amsterdam.

But, apparently it does get worse.

Honeybunchesofgoats > ranwhenparked 08/15/2017 at 21:13

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I was feeling self-conscious about New Jersey until I hit Arkansas.