When you wander the wide world, you made find yourself returning to your home state in your mind. This is especially true for Arkansans, as there are a number of things waiting out in the world that are sure to bring the Natural State to mind. Below you’ll find 11 things you might experience out in the world that will leave you feeling homesick.
- Agriculture
Flickr/Dan Arkansas is one of the most fertile states in the nation, and you know you’re home when you can see the endless soybeans and cattle grazing in a nearby pasture.
- Trees
Flickr/Venture Minimalists In addition to our abundance of fields, we’ve got an abundance of trees as well. More than 18 million acres of trees stand in Arkansas, and those forests stick in our memories.
- Small towns
Flickr/Farther Along Even our larger cities would be considered small towns by some state’s standards, but nothing says Arkansas like a tiny town with a few hundred people.
- Country roads
Flickr/Carol Von Canon I learned how to drive on a back road that looked about like this, and I’d be willing to bet many of you rural Arkansans did too.
- Friendly folks
Flickr/Clinton Steeds Southern hospitality is alive and well here in the Natural State, and the chances you’ll be out in public and be asked “how’s your mama’n’em?” are pretty high.
- Gravy
Flickr/Erin In Arkansas, you can have gravy with all three meals and for dessert too, if you happen to have some flour and cocoa powder on hand.
- Fried food
Flickr/Lize From fried catfish to fried okra, a plate of battered and fried food tastes just like home to many Arkansans.
- Wooooo…
Flickr/peggydavis66 …pig sooie! Razorbacks! Just looking at a real razorback can trigger that homesickness.
- Big families
Flickr/Diane Herr Not all Arkansans have big families, of course, but even if you only have one sibling or none at all, chances are you know your second and third cousins, along with your second and third cousins once removed, and you’d hug them if you saw them.
- Being outside
Flickr/Gayle Nicholson Many of use grew up exploring nature, so being outside feels just like home to us.
- Breathtaking natural beauty
Flickr/Jonathan Ball When you live in the Natural State, you become accustomed to seeing some of the prettiest natural places around, so when you see natural beauty elsewhere, you can’t help but think of home.
For a list of things you should think about before you leave Arkansas, click here. You might also want to check out this list of things we all heard growing up in Arkansas.
Flickr/Dan
Arkansas is one of the most fertile states in the nation, and you know you’re home when you can see the endless soybeans and cattle grazing in a nearby pasture.
Flickr/Venture Minimalists
In addition to our abundance of fields, we’ve got an abundance of trees as well. More than 18 million acres of trees stand in Arkansas, and those forests stick in our memories.
Flickr/Farther Along
Even our larger cities would be considered small towns by some state’s standards, but nothing says Arkansas like a tiny town with a few hundred people.
Flickr/Carol Von Canon
I learned how to drive on a back road that looked about like this, and I’d be willing to bet many of you rural Arkansans did too.
Flickr/Clinton Steeds
Southern hospitality is alive and well here in the Natural State, and the chances you’ll be out in public and be asked “how’s your mama’n’em?” are pretty high.
Flickr/Erin
In Arkansas, you can have gravy with all three meals and for dessert too, if you happen to have some flour and cocoa powder on hand.
Flickr/Lize
From fried catfish to fried okra, a plate of battered and fried food tastes just like home to many Arkansans.
Flickr/peggydavis66
…pig sooie! Razorbacks! Just looking at a real razorback can trigger that homesickness.
Flickr/Diane Herr
Not all Arkansans have big families, of course, but even if you only have one sibling or none at all, chances are you know your second and third cousins, along with your second and third cousins once removed, and you’d hug them if you saw them.
Flickr/Gayle Nicholson
Many of use grew up exploring nature, so being outside feels just like home to us.
Flickr/Jonathan Ball
When you live in the Natural State, you become accustomed to seeing some of the prettiest natural places around, so when you see natural beauty elsewhere, you can’t help but think of home.
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