Guest Inn Memphis

... of the street back towards the car and was stopped by a man who said I looked lost. It was a trap. He wanted $6 to stay overnight in a church down the street because it was going to be so cold overnight. Since when did churches enter the hotel business? I dug my hand into my pocket and verified the mace Zac had given me was handy. I pulled it out once I was alone and tested it into the air behind me…just in case. I had rolled my eyes at everyone ...

... join him and get my groove on a bit (<-who says that these days??...whatever) So I danced with him a couple times taking breaks in between accordingly. The guy selling CD's came over and told Sumner and Ryan that they were the luckiest guys around. The singer of the group took to calling me Shaking Bacon for the dancing I was doing. But I'll tell you what, Felix my dancing man was 63 years old and still had it going on. He had the ...

... stuff like that.

When I have checked with Rich which stories are for public consumption, I will come back with more, but, for now, that's all, and it doesn't seem to do the last fortnight justice but I have just wound up in Memphis after a 13 hour solo drive and the only thing to ponder on now is whether I sleep standing up or laying down, so for that I must apologise.

In case you're wondering, which I'm sure you're not ...

... allowed to touch and sing into it just like the legends, cool! So we can now proudly say we touched Bono's mike, oh yeah it was Elvis's too.

We've got to keep this train moving if we hope to see all the states before the end of the Millenia so eastward we go to Nashville, Tennessee.

We hope you are all well. Love and Peace, the 'all shook up', Bek and Jesse Train.

Okay, here we are again! Stayed in a motel in West Memphis (which is actually in Arkansas), but got a cab across the border to Beale Street, Memphis, traditionally the home of all the blues clubs. Meh, it was okay. Very touristy. Not at all bluesy. Matt's theory is that Beale Street became famous because everyone flocked there for the blues, but then people just started flocking there who actually didn't like the blues, but it was "the" place to ...

... written taxi numbers of each town I'd be at on a sheet of paper and the last on the list thankfully got through. Time passed however and no taxi. I re-rang the number and he said he'd be 10 minutes. In 25 minutes time he arrived at the Hotel and it gave me 15 minutes to get there. So what does he do? He goes and gets petrol. Fair Dinkum. I told him I was in a huge hurry, but he assured me he was from London and it was all ...

... Interstate we realized that it is just another 100 miles to New Orleans. Unnecessary to say that we floored the right pedal and arrived short 90 minutes later in New Orleans to check in the Best Western French Landmark(very nice hotel) and prepared ourselves for the rest of the night: BOURBON STREET and HANDGRANADES ! Those who know will smile, for the rest, come to New Orleans and experience it yourselves. That's it so far, more about the big easy later, Krautz and Klompjes.

... the Blues City Cafe, whose motto is, "Put Some South in Your Mouth." We each had a 1/2 rack of ribs, baked beans, cole slaw, fat fries, and Texas toast,w hich seems to be toasted and buttered white bread. It was noisy, vibrant, and fun. I was so tourist in my black t-shirt, way out of synch. Pastel is the way here. Jerry got a martini in a plastic cup, about one gulp-ful and three enormous olives ...

... They told of how to recognise a tick, how to prevent infestation and what to do if bitten! 2 diseases can be transmitted, The American dog tick can carry Rocky Mountain Spotted fever and others carry Lymes disease. The leaflet described the symptoms, which of course, Hazel immediately started feeling, headache, fever, aches and pains. Etc. We had wanted to go off into the backwoods on trails, but now to avoid ticks, we avoided trails. We were told that mowed ...

... and guests had one of their most tender experiences Sunday evening when they had an opportunity to sing to 10-year-old cancer victim, Chase Burch, and her family in the lobby of the Marriott Hotel where the Choir was staying. Her immune system still weakened from radiation and chemotherapy for a brain tumor, Chase wore a mask and sat on a chair in the center of the lobby with her parents while members of the touring group stood largely on the balconies, from which they sang to this ...