We split our trip between Nashville and Memphis. Memphis is about 3 hours of nothing away from Nashville down I-40. So, we sang
Got the Highway 40 Blues and hit the road.
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| Kentucky River...take me home! |
We walked around Beale Street. Lots of bars, bbq, and blues....
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| Memphis Street Car |
A. Schwab is the oldest, family run dry goods store.
We met up with Paul and Andrea at the
Peabody Hotel. I wanted to watch the ducks march down to the fountain. It was CRAZY. But, the staff was great and opened a spot for Sara and I to sit in the front. They were all about the kids there. So nice! The duck march has been happening everyday at the hotel since the 1930's.
Lunch at
The Rendezvous. Of course, we had to have Memphis BBQ. None of us were wowed. Sara did munch on a rib, but liked her cheese sandwich better!
The reason we set on our Tennessee vacation....Jeremy and Kristin's wedding. Hands down, the nicest wedding I ever attended. Beautiful setting, touching ceremony, every little detail was thought out and delivered. Jeremy is an Alabama fan and Kristin is a Tennessee fan...a house divided! So, they had shakers of each team to wave as they went down the aisle. Sara loved the shaker and kept saying "Yeah!".
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Main House at Heartwood Hall. Wedding was outside in the garden and reception was in the barn.
We enjoyed a lot of down time and hanging out at the hotel in Collierville. It was attached to an outdoor mall, so we strolled around.
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Sara loved the statues in the park.
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Hanging out with Grammy and a wild little boy who thought he was Harry Potter. Ughh.
However, we enjoyed sipping tea with Terri and Sara liked her art project. |
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| Make a wish....throwing pennies into the fountain. |
We were "treated" to a crazy lighting show and Tornado Warning in Shelby County. I was nervous about the Tornado Warning, but the lighting show was pretty amazing.
Blue skies returned the next morning and we headed for the Memphis Zoo. Memphis redeemed itself a bit with the zoo and the surrounding area. There are nice parts of Memphis, after all!
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| Lions |
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| Red Panda....not the Panda family, but the Raccoon family. |
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| 3 little monkeys... |
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| Checking out the Giant Panda |
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| Love this girl.... |
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| Emu time... |
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| My favorite....Giraffe |
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| It was HOT...but luckily the Zoo was pretty shaded. We decided to cool down with Icees at the Cafe. |
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| Fountain where everyone was cooling off. Too bad we didn't bring a suit for Sara! |
Crazy rain storm on the way back to Nashville...
1 comment:
Poor Ducks, how do they manage all the attention and camera's flashing?? Those are some cool ducks. You really packed a lot into your short downtown tour of Memphis. Glad the Zoo worked out. On the way home Ms. Garmin took us up past the zoo and towards Memphis where we caught I-55. Out of the way but quicker and easier then the way we came in to town!! Happy the Zoo was a positive!!
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