Memphis-Days Inn Interstate Highway 40 And Sycamore View

... the windows…I get some weird satisfaction out of cleaning a car’s windows at a gas station. I think in Oregon it’s the state law that you can’t pump your own gas…while exploring Portland I ranked this as one of the main reasons I might not be able to live there.

I have a feeling I’m going to be compelled to get into the holiday spirit on this trip. Even the trucks surrounding me on the road had decorated wreaths ...

... step touch going on, some spins, grabbing his ankles, twirling me...he wasn't a newbie that's for sure. And then afterwards..he asked if he could draw my picture...and I let him, and he proceeded to give it to me along with his address afterward. I love crossing paths with different people.

I really enjoy being able to look into other people''s cars and into truck driver's eyes and cabs. Never had that possible before. It's ...

... 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 ...

... these great artists, some of their instruments and clothing, including Elvis's high school graduation certificate and social security card!

During the Sun studio tour we were allowed into the recording studio which had the actual microphone that was used for recording back in the early days of the studio. It had the lips and spit of all these great artists all over. You ...

... Piggy Wiggly.
In the Evening we went on a 1.5 hour walking ghost tour, We stopped in an alley where in the 1870s during a yellow fever outbreak, 200 people a day died. It go so bad they just left the bodies stacked in the alley for weeks as many as 500 bodies. So ghosts haunt the alley. Stopped by the Orpeum Theater where a little girl was killed crossing the Street to see a show in ...

... worthwhile tales are set: the local pub.

We’re from Wisconsin; our state mantra is "Roll out the Barrel" and we are the home of the nation’s second-largest brewing company. Like baseball, drinking is our national pastime, and we take it seriously. So seriously, in fact, that University of Wisconsin students have been banned from spring break drinking contests in Florida and Mexico, for fear they would sweep the competition ...

... Street where we sat in a booth that Tom Cruise sat in in The Firm. After lunch Mel and I went into the Autozone baseball field which was right down the road from our hotel to take some photos. We also went to the National Civil Rights Museum just outside of Memphis at the Lorraine Motel, which is where Martin Luther King Jnr wass assasinated. The museum was closed on the day that we went but ...

... a standing ovation at the end of “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing.” The second half of the concert was as good as it had been anywhere on the tour, and the strong religious and patriotic sensitivities of the local audience led to additional standing ovations after “God Bless America,” “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” and the encore “Amazing Grace.” This last number, which the Choir also sang in Nashville, provided an electric ...

... down the river in a canoe. DH would like to paddle down the Mississippi - at least part of it - like from Lake Itasca to the Twin Cities. Again, ice cream was lunch! Ah, vacation! :-) Sweet Things was the name of the store -- inside was infused with the smell of barbecue, but we all ate too much at breakfast to be very hungry now. Road construction slowed us down on the outskirts of Memphis. Checking rates and reviews on ...