BBQ, Blues, Beale

Memphis, Tennessee

About nine hours, four stops, and one bus change later, we made it to Tennessee!  Arriving in the morning after traveling all night, we went straight back to bed.  Then started the day, or well afternoon off again waking up in a bed instead of a bus seat.  And just like that it was time to get busy. 

Beale Street was calling to everyone since it is such a renowned attraction for the area.  It has a feel like Bourbon Street in New Orleans, but not as crazy and much cleaner mixed with downtown Nashville, but geared more towards blues and jazz instead of country. 

B.B. Kings Restaurant was also located in the area as well as the famous Rendezvous BBQ and just around the corner was the Gibson Guitar Factory.

A little further away some stumbled upon the Mississippi River, the Bass Pro Shop in the pyramid where all of the live events used to be performed and even Graceland with the King himself.  

And even though this may have been our easiest week ever on this show, we were all still wore out from the previous two weeks leading up to it.  But, that didn’t stop us from having some fun and pushing through it. 

Especially since my parents came this week and not to mention bumping into a college friend by pure accident!  It just goes to show that you can never be too sure who you may run into when you are on the road and that seeing your family can do wonders!

And speaking of college and friends, I was feeling right at home sitting at the Memphis University vs. Cincinnati football game.  However, I will say that the Memphis stadium probably more than tripled the number of people that the SRU (Slippery Rock University) stadium could hold, you had to buy tickets to get in (SRU – we used our student I.D.’s), there were multiple stands for food (SRU – one concession stand), and both teams were DI (Division 1) unlike SRU which is DII (Division 2).  It still did not change the fact that it made me miss my college days though.  It really took me back. 

Ah the good ole days…

But, moving forward, the week was done before we could even realize it and we were on the road again heading back to where we just came from…OK!