Memphis, TN

It was 153 mile drive to make it here and it seemed we were heading the wrong direction, North instead of South... But there route to Texas is shorter heading up to Memphis first then down 40 to Little Rock and through Texarkana so that's how we got to Memphis. We are at Tom Sawyer RV Park which is actually in West Memphis Arkansas, about 15 minutes to downtown Memphis. The park is right on the Mississippi River and we have seen many barges being pushed up and down the very low river. It is overcast and rainy. It reminds us of the grey winter days in Illinois but it is at least 65-70 degrees still so just light jacket weather. We explored the downtown area yesterday and I most day....I was pleasantly surprised. Memphis is supposed to be the most unsafe city in America so I expected it to be rundown and scary. There are large areas that have been completely rebuilt with new condos and parks, old industrial buildings changes to lofts and businesses. It was easy to drive around and find parking. We walked the Tom Lee Park on the river which has cool playground equipment and places for people to do stuff. We went to Beale Street and into the shops and heard some music although it was a bit early in the day. We had barbeque ribs (which were nothing to write home about but the potato salad was great!) at Cozy Corner. We passed by Sun Studios where Elvis recorded his first records. All in all it was a fun day!Read more