Sept 20, Monday At 10:00 we were off to discover some other delights of Memphis. Our first shock was driving through downtown with no traffic, and no people! ZERO! It was almost like a ghost town. Even around Memphis University, we saw no students hustling around! .Thirty years ago, we attended a Spina Bifida Conference in Memphis, and remember how we enjoyed the recreation of the entire length of the Mississippi River on Mud Island. As we drove through the empty downtown streets to the parking spot to walk the pedestrian bridge over to the island, it was almost eerie with the lack of any people. It was cool and breezy on the long, covered bridge, and there were lots of places to stop for pictures. We reached Mud Island at the top of a a large 5-story building labeled with different amenities on each level – still no people! From the top level, we could look down at the recreation of the Mississippi River – it was still there, but had no water flowing in it! The entire length of the man-made river-in-miniature, was documented with signs that marked your location on a map (and according to mile #) and described details of that area. Large towns were also drawn on the pathway and state lines were marked. There were bridges so that you could cross back and forth from one side of the river to the other, but these were not necessary as we were able to hop right across! During are walk, we saw less than 10 other people, and we saw a sign that indicated there was some renovation going on.But, we didn’t see much evidence of construction. It is a fascinating river walk, and I would be anxious to see it again in full-blown OPEN mode! One little girl conked out immediately when we reached the car! She had forded the Mississippi a dozen times on the walk! We had one more point of interest we wanted to see: Sun Studio. Two years ago we saw a live performance of The Million Dollar Quartet, and also one TV season about the famous Sun Studio. For dinner we had in mind to go back to Beale Street and try another restaurant. At 6:30 we were checking them out. But the atmosphere and the crowd were different tonight and absolutely nothing grabbed our attention. We walked the street and headed back to our truck where we promptly asked Siri for directions to a Mexican Restaurant. We found Frida’s – a really nice restaurant (5*) with great food. Happy with our choice we were back at the Silvermine at 7:30 where we had showers and spent time getting ready to leave in the morning.
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We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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