The home of rock 'n' roll and (more importantly!) the birthplace of blues. To sum up Memphis in one word i think we'd go for "great!" We planned to stop here mainly because it broke up our trip from chicago to new orleans, but it turned out to be, in my view at least, the best stop in the US so far. The place we stayed was a slightly decrepit motel that was in the middle of being renovated, but it was right in the centre of town, so perfect for us. Although we did wake one morning to find a [View Full Entry]

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I hope that there are people out there still keeping track of us;) Yesterday we had a full day in Memphis. There were so many different things to do that we had to make some tough choices. We visited the Stax Museum first which is a music museum about soul music. Chris is by far the most educated of us all when it comes to music so he chose this particular one to visit. It was really a neat museum as all of us learned about the evolution of soul music and saw some great artifacts. It was disgustingly hot and [View Full Entry]

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Heather Says Really, really wish we had more time here! This town has such an awesome vibe... we start with early dinner on Beale Street (the hottest street in town!) at one of the many Blues Bars followed by a ride in a horse pulled carriage to take in the scenery and nightlife. Brendan Says Heather skipped the fact that this "dinner" was our first real fried dinner.... bust was awesome, check out the fried green tomatoes, gumbo, rack of ribs, and catfish! Heather Says Afterwards we head back to Beale street to hit the bars. They shut the street down [View Full Entry]

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Knoxville to Memphis and everyone is getting used to traveling. Rowan sleeps with her head on the cooler, Biscuit likes to be the co-pilot and often seems to think Mark can't drive without his head over Mark's shoulder surveying the road. Piper has been watching movies and reading when we haven't been annoying her with, "Look Piper! Cows!" As we were driving down Hwy 40 West, we see a pickup heading East. In the bed of the pickup is some kind of vending machine that is strapped in and standing up against the cab. Standing up against the vending machine, [View Full Entry]

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Michael and I made it to Memphis on July 3, 2008. We spent that night at the Heartbreak Hotel and returned to Nashville the evening of July 4. The Hotel is next to Graceland. Being a Triple-A member got me a discount. We toured the mansion. It was my first time in Graceland since Karen and I were there nearly 26 years ago. I thought it was good for Michael since he was born and grew up in Tennessee and has a career going at SunTrust Bank in Nashville. We filed through with other people. One thing that was different was [View Full Entry]

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After a difficult evening and not much sleep, we took to the road a bit later than usual in search of breakfast. Fortunately, we found a diner en route with coffee which lightened the mood a bit. This was to be another long day of driving because our goal was to reach the campgrounds by mid-afternoon. We pulled in about 5:30 or so local time (we forgot that Tennessee covers 2 time zones) and were greeted by Gabe's family. Within minutes of arriving, Gabe's brother in law, Tom, and I went to the camp for more beer, buns and water. The [View Full Entry]

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Howdy! Right guys, we've travelled through Mississippi, Tennesse and we're staying in Arkansas. All by our new hire car and guided by our sat nav called Jackie. We went to Graceland today which far exceeded my expectations. We also went to Sun Studios which was so atmospheric. Really great to learn about the history of the records and how people like Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash made it big. Driving to Nashville tomorrow. Going to go hold my stomach after yet another nauseating plate of american food. See you all in a couple of weeks! Love Bex [View Full Entry]

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After a brief stop at what was advertised as one of Arkansas most excellent flea markets in Little Rock (it was OK) we drove on...When we noticed that the road up to Chicago was going to take us right to Memphis we couldn't resist stopping at Graceland to do the real tour. A few years ago we drove through Memphis and arrived too late for the actual tours and we just took some photos at the famous driveway gate. The kids complained bitterly about going on the tour, but I think somewhat enjoyed it while we were there. When we travel [View Full Entry]

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Memphis 27th May - The now, so very familiar, Greyhound service took us West along the Music Highway to Memphis, home of the blues and birth place of Rock 'n' Roll. While in Memphis we were staying in an odd Hostel, called Pilgrim House. It was nice and cheap but every day each 'guest' had to do a chore. On the way back from grocery shopping we got chatting to a guy called George who bought us a beer in the local bar. The dinners here needed a 'to go' box as they were pretty huge but handy for breakfast the [View Full Entry]

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De store vidders land Turen har bestemt taget en ny vending siden vi sidst bloggede... Temperaturen er steget betydeligt og tidszonen er skiftet, turene er blevet længere, menneskene sødere og vores tempo og oplevelseskadence er for nedadgående - og det var jo et eller andet sted meningen med det hele. Ungerne går i skole næsten hver dag og lærer dels om USA dels i de medbragte matematik og danskbøger. Julie er netop blevet færdig med sin 500 siders Sofies Verden og Jeppe og SIgne guffer Jumbobøger og frilæsningsbøger ad libitum. Mette læser højt for Sigbjørn på motorvejen, medens den [View Full Entry]

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