From Memphis

Where Elvis Was Born


Making Hot Chocolate in the Wilderness!


At Jackson Falls on the Natchez Trace

Hello everyone. We are finishing up day six. We awoke this morning in Tupelo, Mississippi to the first sunny day in five days. Although it's a bit chilly for southern tastes we are enjoying soaking up the sunshine, and hope it comes your way soon.

Stats:
Location Today: Memphis, TN
Traveled 1500 Miles since we left Maryland
Approx. 900 miles from Md
Visited the following states: Md, Va, Wv., Tn, Ky, Al, Ms
Next Destination: Hot Springs, AR

Highlights:
SUN!
Driving the Natchez Trace Parkway (Historic Mail Delivery and Indian Travel Route) from Nashville to Tupelo, MS
Elvis Presley Birthplace and Museum in Tupelo
Beale Street in Memphis
Listening to Guitar Shorty play the blues and another musician do a Johnny Cash tribute
Seeing Eric Clapton at the club where we were listening to Guitar Shorty
Seeing Merriweather Lewis' gravesite and hearing the story of his sorry demise (he killed himself)
Finding a Synagogue in Tupelo........ (who'd a thought)
MORE GREAT SOUTHERN FOOD!

Not so great stuff:
Driving the Natchez Trace Parkway in the rainy and cold weather--temp in the 40's