Memphis then on to Texarkansas

On our full day in Memphis, we got a late morning start, but finally got to the National Civil Rights Museum. It's located at the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King got killed. They did a good job with the museum, particularly how they tied the exhibit into the old hotel and walking you by his room with a view of the balcony where he was shot. Lot's of history and very moving.

Next we went to Sun Studios just to say I'd been there. Here about it all my life. A lot of great music came out of that building.

We didn't have the time to party at night on Beale St, but we walked it during the afternoon and stopped for a beer at B.B. Kings restaurant. We had stopped at the one in Nashville, last fall and it's similar. We ran into Rarecas Bonds at the bar. He is the flipper who at 11 years of age was making his money by tumbling/flipping down Beale St. He got the part in the movie, The Firm. He's the one in the scene with Tom Cruise and Jeanne Tripplehorn were walking down Beale Street and the 11 year old starts flipping beside them to get tips. Tom starts flipping with him. Rarecas Bonds today trains the young flippers to keep them busy and out of trouble.

Had to make a stop at the Memphis Pyramid which is now a Bass Pro Shop.  A very huge one.



We left Memphis without much of a plan except to head to Texas. The main thinking is Oklahoma is on fire, north of that is too cold, so we headed I-40 to Little Rock then I-30 to Texas. We are stopping in Texarkansas for a couple of days with no agenda. But we'll wash clothes and do some serious Texas planning so we'll know where to go next.