We drove our coach 243 miles, about four hours of driving, from Paris, Texas to Scott, Arkansas.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:

An interactive map:

Depressions in the grass from our neighbor’s jacks and tires, due to rain making the ground a little soft:

Our coach:

I put a couple of tiles below the AquaHot exhaust, but the surrounding grass still got a little singed:

Our jack pads got embedded in the soft ground; not too difficult to pull out. The larger pads help spread the load, though, and better than having the jacks get stuck in the ground:

Leaving the full hookup area:

Solar section:

Onto I-30 East:

A fuel stop:

As usual, we paid less than this, due to our fuel discount card:

Back on I-30 East:

The Texas overpasses had the Lone Star and state outline:

Texarkana water tower:

Welcome to Arkansas:

The Arkansas overpasses had a less distinctive state outline (reminded me of a Solo cup):

A lunch stop at Southfork Restaurant in Gurdon, Arkansas:

Truck parking:

Paladin on the passenger chair:

Our coach parked with trucks:

Into the restaurant:

Menu (they also have burgers and such, but we were in the mood for breakfast):

Super slow service, but over an hour later we got our breakfast for lunch:

We’d ordered biscuits with our breakfast, but they only had one, so provided extra potatoes and lots of toast instead:

Back to our coach:

Back on I-30 East:

Arkadelphia water tower:

Fun with zoom:

Oversize load:

Rough road:

Fun with zoom:

Narrow road due to roadworks:

Slow truck:

Overpass:

Arkansas River:

Exit to Scott:

An unmarked turn to the park:

Residential road:

Entering Willow Beach Park:

Park entrance station:

Campsites:

Our site (the back-in with the shelter):

Our coach after untoading:

Our site; a bit of a slope on the driveway, but a flat concrete pad: