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Travel Blogs from Memphis
Gospel, Blues and Southern Fried Chicken
An interesting start to our stay in Memphis, pulled over by an extremely large African American Policeman as we drove down a one way street the wrong way. Lights and siren blaring. He was very understanding and did not book us. We then stumbled across The Historic First Baptist Beale Choir performing their Christmas Concert. They invited us into their church, we were the ...
Wednesday - Oklahoma City to Memphis
... P.M. before we found a Starbuck's in Arkansas.
Pretty uneventful day -- Listened to books and drove, Ray doing ALL the driving again.
Getting to Memphis was interesting -- going over the Mississippi River on a cool bridge. Scenery was sure more green and lush. Saw a lot of roadkill along the way too, including what looked like an armadillo.
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Journey through the mid south.
Well, another whirlwind week has gone by, and I got to see my first baseball game, conquered some great food as well as another 3 states. For the last week, I have been staying in the lovely home of the Hawthorne family in Collierville, Tennessee. It was a lot of fun spending time with my high school mate Evan and his three brothers again, as I hadn't seen them in nearly 3 years. In comparison to California, the weather here ...
Has Elvis Left the Building?
... we had hoped to tour The National Civil Rights Museum located at the Lorraine Hotel, which was the site of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The museum shares the key events in the civil rights movement from the early days of slavery to the present. Unfortunately, it is closed on Tuesday’s so we didn’t get to go in; however literature indicated that the museum exhibits evoke tensions and emotions prevalent during the period sharing the ...
Ducks, Ribs & Blues
... hotel in Memphis around 2:00 p.m. If you've read my other travel blogs, you might notice that I am a lover of animals, fowl, sea life and just about any other non-human creature. The Peabody ducks march at 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily. I did not want to miss the evening march, so we got our things situated in the hotel room and made our way to see Beale Street until closer to 5:00.
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Amenities
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking