Sleep Inn Memphis East

... beautiful city even though it sits on the Mississippi River, in fact, the riverfront is not particularly attractive, to be expected I guess as the Mississippi is a busy working river. There is a nice riverfront walk that runs from town 1-½ miles along the shore ending in an upscale neighborhood of stylish homes. We watched as tugs moved long barges up and down the river, skillfully navigating the bends and curves in the river.

From our hotel it was a quick walk ...

We hit a bit of a rough patch with Lola but I'm going to let it go unmentioned.

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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... downtown Memphis (In night time it was looking to awesome). We enjoyed
to beale street area, because there located home of the blues music. It was
very interesting time for us. Mississippi river located to that city,
recreational point was located there more, and we spend to our full day to
there. Also watched famous museum to Memphis ...

... in we noticed the reception was absolutely covered in memorabilia and there was a sign outside, quoting John Lennon, saying 'Before Elvis, there was nothing.' Can you argue with John Lennon?! Then there were the car park signs - see the photo - and Elvis radio playing over the speakers all over the motel. As we went around to our room there was a guitar shaped swimming pool (too cold to swim in at the moment), as we entered our room there ...

... that was catered by the Madison Hotel. After dinner a group of us met to go down and walk on Beale St. I had a slushy during the walk that got me nice and relaxed :) We sat by a band that was playing, which was actually the band that Billy Bob had played with the night before, then we walked down to a place called Stax for drinks. We went back to the Madison after this. The next two days would be the tours of Target House, St. Jude, and the events that came with them.

... police after me! Anyway...the road that begins from Memphis and goes out into Nashville and eventually all the way to Chattanooga, starts off really flat and bushy but it soon becomes, very windy, hilly and mountainous and as soon as you hit the Smokey's the views become incredible, as well as the colours. The next day we almost left the hotel in one piece and had our breakfast without the chef spitting in it...hopefully! all thanks to Mr Tinkler and proving that the Brits are ...

... in Washington DC and I had read the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration states, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." I found a statistic that stated that for the first American election only 6% of its population was eligible to vote. I guess you were equal as long as you were not black ...

by Eric Huntsman of the Baritone Section

Late in the afternoon of Sunday, July 1, 2007, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, for the last stop on the Canada-Midwest Tour. It was the Choir’s first visit to Memphis, the largest city in Tennessee and the second most populous in the southeastern United States. The city sits on the banks of the Mississippi River in Shelby County in the southwestern corner of the state in a region ...