CC2C

Hello Friends of CC2C,
When we last left you we were en route to pick up from our skate endpoint in Portland, AR. We were planning on skating that evening from Portland to Crossett, AR which were about 25 miles apart but instead found ourselves on a roll (pun intended) and wound up skating about 75 miles all the way to El Dorado. We skated through the night on 82 which was amazingly void of cars and has the smoothest, cleanest shoulders I've ever seen. By skating in the middle of the night we were able to use a road that would otherwise be too busy to even be considered and it is the most direct route which saved us a lot of time and effort trying to find semi-paved backroads. We saw a good number of deer and a possum or two while we were out as well as an amazing array of stars and constellations. There have been a lot of Bigfoot sightings in western Arkansas so we're keeping an eye out for him while we're on the road. We had two conversations with the police while we were underway and the farther along we get the more shocked and supportive they are of our mission to get to California. One officer described our journey as being "like Forrest Gump on skateboards!" We rolled into El Dorado at 4:00 AM and checked into the Super 8 at 6:00AM so we were reserved through the day and the next night.
We made good use of our beds and slept till 2:00 when we rose for breakfast-lunch and promptly fell back asleep after. We rose from our exhausted sleep around 7:00 and hit the road. We made it to Magnolia around 1:30 AM after finding a few more hills in Arkansas than we had hoped and returned to our hotel to crash. In the morning we woke up to greet Shayne's grandparents who had been traveling cross country with their camper and met up with us at the hotel. They are outstandingly kind and supportive people who have gone so far as to deck their camper out with skateboarding emblems and information about Shayne and the website. We ate a delicious lunch at a local BBQ place called Cranky Frank's and chatted with his grandparents. Afterward we headed up to Delight, AR and have been enjoying the company and hospitality of Kris' family ever since. The more family we stay with the harder it is to leave, particularly this bunch who are kind, warm and welcoming. We've been getting in touch with Little Rock press since we're in the area and this is the biggest town we've been near in awhile. So far it looks good since we're foregoing our evening skate in order to be at the channel 4 station at 5:30AM tomorrow to be on the morning news show KARK 4 Today. Wish us luck and keep an eye out if you're in the area!

-The CC2C Crew