Halfway there

I have to say...I'm actually having fun on this trip and enjoying myself. Even better...I'm getting excited about getting to my new place. My very own home of my own.
We're in West Memphis right now. Wow I guess I have a lot to report, so here it goes.
Roswell was a bust. We did however pay $2 to go in this little room where you could pose with aliens in different scenes, so I took my picture with an alien on a couch, a motorcycle, one with Ryan in jail and at a bar...it was the best money we spent in Roswell. We went to Carlsbad Caverns. My lower body still aches from the mile long, dark winding trail down 750 feet into caves. But it was an awesome sight to see. Texas is what everyone said it would be...a whole lot of nothing, but a lot more greener than I thought it would be. We saw where my dad was born in Loraine, Texas. Ryan has decided to call him Shrek now because all that was there in Loraine was a swamp. We were trying to get into Dallas, and then decided on Fort Worth...and then Ryan got a speeding ticket doing 82. So we ended up in Weatherford, in a dive of a motel, so we've decided only Super 8's from now on. Today we went to Dallas and saw where JFK was assissinated, which actually was really cool since it's so historical. It was so hot though! Oh and the bugs at the gas stations in Texas...ick! Crickets in every bathroom we went to, so people aren't kidding about the bugs either. Because we got a late start leaving in the morning though, we missed the Clinton library because it closes at 5, so instead we went to McClard's bbq in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It was great bbq, featured in my book 1000 places to see in US and Canada before you die. And to eat in such a small town was neat because everyone knew each other there. And the houses in Arkansas...wow. Makes me almost want to live there. Almost...
Ryan drove most of the trip so far, but I finally took over about 80 miles outside Little Rock. We drove through the entire state, and made it here to Memphis at a decent hour: 10pm. Ryan and I went over to the little gift shop by our motel and he won me a stuffed dog for my new place and every time I walk past it I can say "What up dog?" We bought my dad something too.
Anyhow...having a great time. Our country is pretty. Tomorrow is Graceland and then we'll drive to Pigeon Forge to go to Dollywood tomorrow, and from there to Indiana...but I think we'll have to stop somewhere inbetween. Check in hopefully tomorrow night...