From Little Rock, AR to Arab, AL

After leaving Little Rock, Arkansas we drove 344 miles to our next destination Arab, Alabama.  Named for Arad Thompson and located in northeast Alabama, at 1,125 feet above sea level, on top of Brindlee Mountain,  Arab is one of the highest incorporated towns in Alabama.  The name of the town was an unintentional misspelling by the U. S. Postal Service in 1882, of the cities intended name, Arad Thompson, son of the town founder and 1st postmaster Stephen Tuttle Thompson.  Arab was incorporated in 1892 and has a population of 7,640.  Located approximately 10 miles from Arab is Lake Guntersville which boasts 69,000 acres of water for recreational activities such as fishing, boating, primitive camping and cabin rentals.  My brother and sister-in-law (David and Lorene) moved to Arab in 2009.  We spent the night at their house and took a driving tour of Arab and Lake Guntersville.  Most of the pictures I took were of Lake Guntersville.  In the 3rd picture above is the stationary house boats you can rent on the lake.  A lot of you may have seen the scary movie The Hills Have Eyes.  Most of my cross country trip was driving through mountains or foothills and Julie and I would text back and forth about those hills having eyes.  That's why I couldn't resist taking this picture of an eye with the caption The Hills Have Eyes advertising Guntersville's haunted zip-line tour.  Last but not least I want to thank David and Lorene for their hospitality during our short visit to Arab.  I promise I will come back to visit and stay longer the next time so we can really check out the area.  Chris and I passed some interesting signs on the road to Arab such as the American Music Hall of Fame Museum and Coon Dog Cemetery that I want to check out on my next visit. This is not the end of my blog as we spent the night in Asheville and I have pictures to show that I took while driving through the NC mountains.  After that blog, I plan on blogging and sharing additional pictures that I took that I haven't shown along with some stories that I want to share with you as well.  So until then good night and whatever you do don't dream about that Coon Dog Cemetery!