Nice. Any trouble en route?
None. It was a serious grind though.
Western Arkansas was beautiful. I'll be riding there on my next trip. I saqw one cop until I got close to Little Rock. You can hammer down out there, no problem.
Avoid I-40 from Little Rock to Memphis. Nothing but semis, cops, and construction.
Downtown Memphis is pretty cool, with the river, and streetcars and such.
Southern Illinois was really nice. Hills, trees, rocks, and no cops. You can hammer down and make some time. The only time I saw cops was when I stopped at a Culvers for lunch.
Chicago proper likes the freaking toll roads. The first one, 355, was $3.80 for the first toll.