We have a fairly light trip today, our route today will take us to Wichita Falls, TX to visit one of my sisters.
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We started in Texarkana so we stopped by the Federal Building. The unique think about the building is that it's the only Federal Building that straddles two states. The post office located there is the only one to issue a bi-state post mark.
It was interesting that there were Welcome to Texas signs on most of the streets, and the Texas side of the Federal buildings had Texas flags on the light poles, but the Arkansas side didn't appear to have similar Arkansas flags or signs.
Our route took us through Paris, TX where we stopped to take a picture of the Texas style Eiffle Tower. It wasn't actually very impressive, but I guess it serves it's purpose to get people to stop.
We did have a minor car issue while stopped at a gas station. Although it's never used, the latch on the eye glass holder seems to have failed leaving it an an open position (it's attached to the roof of the passenger compartment behind the rear view mirror). The only real problem is that it obscures the already limited view out the back.
We did seem to run into lots of grass hoppers, we'll have to find someplace we can get the car cleaned up.
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