Walking in Memphis

Checked out of the hotel. Poor breakfast but then again we haven’t had a decent hotel breakfast so far.

Visited the National Civil Rights Museum which is sited in the old Lorraine Hotel where Dr Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968. The whole history of black slavery up to the present day made grim reading for an ignorant white person. What an incredible struggle. I could have taken another 100 photos but these give the flavour.

Walked through Memphis to a rather random pyramid. Passed over the railway tracks that our train will use later tonight. The pyramid itself is two-thirds the size of Egypt’s Great Pyramid. Built to host major exhibitions it is now used by an outdoor retailer. A shop but what a shop. A Decathlon on steroids. A huge section on decoy wildfowl for hunting. Hundreds of varieties. Massive hunting section, all nature of camouflage outfits, all types of guns, motor boats, all terrain vehicles.

For a fee you could take the lift up to a viewing platform near the top. Don’t remember one on the original but no matter. Nice views.

Had a wee look at a baseball game on the way back to get the bags. Didn’t look that exciting.

Dinner in a small diner with fabulous fried chicken. Didn’t really sell anything else but didn’t need to.

Came upon a cheesecake shop on our way to the station. Lovely.

Now waiting for the 10.40pm departure of our overnight train to Chicago.Read more