I kept pronouncing Mur-frees-boro, Murphys-boro and Seven kept correcting me. Weird name. The town looked like a nice small town though. I have noticed that the quality of housing in Arkansas is way above what I expected. People from Kansas and Missouri look down their noses at their neighbors to the south so I expected weatherbeaten houses with tin roofs and chickens and pigs living under the front porch. Nothing is further from the truth. I really didn't see many houses with cars jacked up in the front yard. Mostly solid homes with neat yards just like everywhere else we have been.
The Crater of Diamonds State Park is located east of Murfreesboro so we stopped at an abandoned store and unhitched and rode the toad out to the park. The park is a great place to visit. The field where diamond hunters can look for diamonds has a nice couple of buildings that explain why diamonds are in Arkansas and how to find them. There are lots of stories about people who have had success finding diamonds. The park rangers sell or rent equipment that can be used to look for diamonds. The field is plowed monthly I think. For as long as the park has been there I would think that all the diamonds have been found. They haven't been.
We didn't look for diamonds although we were sorely tempted to do so. It was still raining somewhat and the fields were really muddy. The mud didn't prevent others from looking for small stones. There was a place where boots and equipment could be cleaned.There is a nice campground here too.
We planned our route out of Murfreesboro to avoid going through Hope, AR for obvious reasons.
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