Okay gang, according to Yahoo Maps it's 591 miles from my house to Eureka Springs. That's up I45 to Dallas, then up Hwy 75 towards Dennison, on to Durant, Ok, then on across Oklahoma on Hwy 69, then east to Arkansas. It makes me tired just thinking about all that interstate driving and dodging people going to Dallas at 85 MPH. Is that the route you have taken from Houston before or do you do the more scenic route on Hwy 59, then up Hwy 71 through Arkansas. About 50 more little towns to negotiate and probably takes longer, but not as much high speed dodgeball. Last year I donated $185 to the Dallas county police fund taking the I-45 route to Eureka towing my dune buggy. Any ideas??? Fracdog