Onward Ho

We left Panama City at 11:41, after the post office didn't deliver our new GPS, oh well.... hopefully we won't get lost, or better yet hopefully we will!...We are planning to make it to Montgomery Alabama and stop there for the night! Montgomery is the capital of the state of Alabama and is the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Richard Montgomery, it is located on the Alabama River, in the Gulf Coastal Plain. It is the second-largest city in Alabama, after Birmingham, and the 103rd largest in the United States. We stayed at a campsite on the outskirts near the highway we need to take in the morning, Awesome....we are on the way to  Memphis!

Here is a little bit about Memphis, Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the State of Tennessee and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the fourth Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers. Memphis is famous for the influential strains of blues, soul and rock 'n' roll that originated there. Elvis Presley, B.B. King and Johnny Cash recorded albums at the legendary Sun Studio.  Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion, Beale Street, Arcade Restaurant, which was a favorite of Elvis, are just a few things to see in Memphis. The Yellow Fever nearly wiped out Memphis' population in the 1870's.

Memphis is the largest city in the state of Tennessee, the largest city on the Mississippi River, the third largest in the Southeastern United States, and the 20th largest in the United States. Navi turned out to be the navigator I thought he would be, he did really well today in the RV, he's going to one traveling cat! We stayed the night in the parking lot of a Walmart about an hour outside of Memphis, this will be a first for us...dry camping! Lol
Well after some trouble with the car and the refrigerator we had to stay a couple of days in Memphis, we found a wonderful camping spot, called Tom Sawyer RV park we got a spot right on the river and it had been so much fun watching the tugs in tow go by! After we fixed everything we had an afternoon to see a few things close by! We went downtown to Beale Street It's one of the most famous entertainment streets in America, bringing Memphis' blues and world famous barbecue!

But Beale Street began more than 100 years ago as one of the few places African Americans could shop, then called the Jim Crow South because blacks couldn't go up on Main Street or other areas.

As the business district and number of Black businesses grew over the years, so did the energy on Beale Street, especially after dark. Music brought a who's who list of names to Beale--- B.B. King. Elvis. W.C. Handy, Sam Phillips, Al Green, Ike and Tina Turner and Johnny Cash during the 20th century.
As a major African American street it took center stage during the Civil Rights era.
Martin Luther King Jr. marched on Beale, the last three big moments in his life were on Beale.
Today  Beale Street is one of the largest revenue-grossing attractions in the state of Tennessee, and the sights and sounds around this world-famous street help its story live on.
There is also a huge Bass Pro Shop in the shape of a pyramid right on the river, so of course we had to go there, it is one of the most dynamic and immersive retail experiences ever! It’s more than a store; it’s an adventure! In addition to an incredible assortment of fishing, boating, hunting and outdoor gear, this store includes a 103-room hotel with treehouse cabins, called Big Cypress Lodge, they also have over 600,000 gallons of water all over the store,   filled with over 1,800 fish! They made it look like a cypress swamp with alligator pools and duck aviaries. You can also take the elevator to the the top of the pyramid, which is 32 stories, for a breathtaking view of downtown Memphis! It was fun and kinda scary because the floor of the observance deck was glass!

Tomorrow its on to St Louis!

 These tree house at the Tom Sawyer RV Park were made by the "Tree House Master" the ones that are on TV...they were so neat!

River boat

Tug and tow

Onward ho!