live from Memphis

Last Friday we were driving with a couple (friends from our bike club) to a party. We were talking about New Years Eve, and the guy mentioned that he thought it'd be fun to go to Beale Street. As in Memphis, Tennesee. It's kinda like Bourbon Street in New Orleans, or the old downtown part of Nashville. He just said it casually, not really thinking about going. Well, Greg started egging him on and getting him excited. Then we saw another couple (bike club friends) at the party and Greg started talking about Beale Street with them. Within a couple hours, the guys were looking online at hotels. Sunday morning at 8am we left to drive on down to Memphis!

Monday we went to Graceland - I'm not a huge Elvis fan, but it was definitely cool, definitely the thing to do while we're here. Today we went to a famous store here on Beale Street, A Schwab. Then we girls went to an Underground Railroad museum - actually a house that was a major stop on the route. That was really neat, it was a guided tour, very informational. Did you know that the different quilt patterns had specific meanings to slaves who wanted to run away? Did you know that "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" was a song in code for slaves?

Our hotel is one block from Beale Street, so we walk over for meals at various hotspots. The "fun" part of Beale is only two blocks long, but it's packed with fun. They have the road closed to vehicle traffic all evening/night. There are lots of bars and restaurants and great blues music everywhere. We had deep fried burgers for dinner last night... today for lunch four of us shared a FOUR pound cheeseburger! So oops, the diet is really not happening on this trip. LOL

No pictures this time. We didn't bring any way to download from the camera to the PC. So photos have to wait until we get home. :-(

Happy New Year to all!! I hope everyone has a wonderful New Years Eve.