Driving Fun

The Prius has been carrying a full load on this trip - three people and a fully packed cargo area. The trip from Grandview to Wichita, KS gave a mileage rating of 51 MPG at highway speed thanks to a good tailwind. We refilled the tank and only got 50 MPG for the rest of the trip and our short drives around the Bolivar area. Today we filled up in Bolivar and have averaged 53 MPG on these winding, climbing and coasting roads of the Ozarks. The somewhat slower speed on these roads allowed optimum engine speeds for the climbing and a dead engine for the downhill coasting.


We stopped in this shady lane in the Ozarks to stretch our legs for a few minutes.





We are in Van Buren Arkansas tonight just outside Fort Smith. We had time to do a little caching before bedtime and saw a barge going under the railroad drawbridge on the Arkansas River.




The depot in Van Buren still has a semaphore in good condition.



An excursion train runs from this station.



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