Based on a suggestion from our ‘ferry mates’ of the previous day, we adjusted our route to take in a portion of AR-23 known as the “Pit Tail Scenic Byway”. Leaving Harrison we struck westward towards Huntsville to pickup AR-23 south to Cass. True to form, this AR road proved to be just as good as the others we had been on. The tight hairpins down into Cass were reminiscent of the roads in Europe.
When the route was initially programmed, there was a loop south of Cass that would work back towards the northeast. However, instead we found the Garmin insisting we reverse adn head back to the AR-16 junction (so we had a second go at the Pig Tail – even nicer heading north) We followed AR-16 west to AR-7 (our original plan) and found the sweetest road of the day. More linked sweepers, perfect tarmac and no traffic. Turning south on AR-7 we continued on to Russellville where we grabbed I-40 to make it into Little Rock in time to visit the Capitol.
Our arrival at the Capitol was somewhat delayed as the Garmin Maps we downloaded for our trip did not yet reflect the recent changes to the Interstates around Little Rock, so when our ‘exit’ failed to appear as planned we had to exit further away and make our way back, only to find that the location (in Garmin) for the state Capitol was incorrect. No trip is complete without at least a few ‘Garmin Glitches’