Baymont Memphis - Airport

We hit a bit of a rough patch with Lola but I'm going to let it go unmentioned. <br><br>We blew through Memphis, over the Mississippi River (big and fast), and into Arkansas before taking the first exit back into Tennessee and into Memphis once again. But hey, now I've been to Tennessee twice, haha. We had a hard time finding where to park Lola but soon found something half managedable, although we're not entirely sure that place was legit ...

... trying to navigate our way from Houston to Washington DC. We've tried to mix with the locals as much as possible along the way, which has been interesting. More trouble than it's worth for the most part. For instance, I have been accused of stealing credit cards, pretty ironic when I think of how much money has been nicked from me on this trip and had drinks with someone who turned out to be nothing more than a complete racist ...

... br> We put on our Blue Suede shoes and headed off to tour Sun Studios, the Studio that gave Elvis his recording break and has recorded hundreds of great artists including U2, Matchbox 20 and some old favorites such as Jerry Lee Lewis, B.B. King, Johnny Cash and Carl Lee Perkins. The studio is pretty amazing they have an old museum that contains original recordings and records ...

... s in 1951 by Ike Turner (Rocket 88). Memphis just oozes history and Talent. <br> In the Afternoon we went to the Civil Rights Museum which is the Lorraine motel where Dr King was killed on the balcony in 1964. The museum is a time line of Black history in America. Although only James Earl Ray was the only one convicted, He had to have some help to pull off, The museums idea is that he ...

... a noisy tour for 3 hours. We had supper at BB Kings blues club on Beale St I had the soul platter barbecue ribs,fried pickles, and potato skins, Susie had mac and cheese, Baked beans, and green veggies. After dinner we saw a beale st flpper, a kid doing flips, and some blues bands

... br><br>Tomorrow we head for Louisiana and hope we will be traveling with sunshine and a temperature of at least 60. <br><br>So glad our 5th wheel has a furnace and portable heaters.<br><br>Despite the weather the Mississippi River view is gorgeous, Graceland was nostalgic and the Corvette Museum is what dream cars are made of.<br><br>Louisiana beckons....<br><br>The Mrs.

... Studios.Join a guided tour.This the recording studio of Elvis,Jerry Lee Lewis ,Carl Perkins,Roy Orbison.Touched the microphone used when Elvis sang "That's All Right".<br>Drove downtown to Peabody Hotel Place.<br>Had dinner at Vergo's Rendezvouz Restaurant of barbecue pork ribs,cole slaw and red beans.<br>There is a long queque of ...

... a lot of wonderful old buildings and history. The street is still full of small bars and clubs with a lot of shops with souvenirs. We found the Hotel that has ducks that move freely in the elevator into the fountain to play and swim. We observed 5 ducks in the fountain happily swimming in a central foyer of this huge flash hotel. We walked around to find a shopping plaza attached to the hotel but certainly not a lot of open shops. Heading back to the pick ...

... on their bums so the streets are poop free! Again, I kid you not! The rest of the day was the typical Liz-and-Jerry combo of art museum (me--great Andy Warhol show at the Memphis Brooks Museum, the main city art museum) and botanic garden (J, looking for bugs, of course). Despite complete lack of rain, or even predicted showers, J. enacted extreme eccentricity by carrying around an umbrella that he hypothesizes has a ...