Day 21-23, Little Rock Arkansas – March 14th-16th, 2011

Jeep Mileage: 270594

After a quiet night in Memphis, we headed due west on our way to another couchsurf in Oklahoma City. We had to cover a lot of ground in the next few days in order to meet Rose’s friends from Japan Steve and Aya in Colorado Springs on Thursday March 17th. I was planning to climb Pike’s Peak with Steve and his brother, while Rose was going to spend time with Aya. During the drive we decided to stop in Little Rock, Arkansas to find a grocery store and pick up a few things. In the city I took a hard left turn and because it had been lightly raining the roads were slick, the Jeep fishtailed out of control and boom, we hit a median with the rear passenger wheel. The impact was so hard it actually broke the axel, cracked the rim and laid the tire directly under the car. Luckily no one was hurt and we did not hit anyone else. We called AAA, arranged for a tow, the police showed up and stopped traffic for us. While waiting for the tow truck Rose got online and posted a plea for help from the couch surfing community in Little Rock. Before we even arrived at the garage we received a call from Kyle. He put us up for a couple nights and picked us up from the garage.

That night Kyle was meeting with a group of Couch surfers for dinner at a local Irish pub we tagged along and ended up having a great night, met some great people. We are now waiting until Thursday morning to retrieve the Jeep and be on our way to CO.  I can't say enough good about the Couch Surfers in Little Rock in addition to Kyle we had 2 others contact us to help out, and others such as Medina picked us up and gave us a ride back to the car.  Everyone has been so helpful, it truly makes me proud to be a couch surfer.  People helping people is what it's all about.  I encourage each and everyone of my readers to check out couchsurfing.org, you will meet some great an interesting people and travel will never be the same.

Full Album:  Day 21-22