We just saw her at her Naval Retirement in CA, early December, so it might be awhile until we make it to Arkansas. The last time we drove through Hot Springs, we were coming back from Indiana. But, I think we'll fly the next time we go to see Iceman's family. I liked the parts of Arkansas we saw though. Not to sound too elitist and "blue state", but some of those little states happily surprised me.
North central and northwest Arkansas are by far the nicest. Down in central Arknasas there is a whole different class of people....think Clintonites. That is also the where the densest population of bleack RAT voters/voter fraud is, there and the delta area.