Beale Street

Well, we did Beale Street yesterday. At least the old farts version of it. Beale Street is a three block stretch in the center of Memphis that is known for it Blues and is touted as the home of Rock n Roll. It is a collection of blues clubs, dining establishments and souvenir shops. There is a Hard Rock Cafe there blaring blues music all day. We visited in the mid afternoon, but the area is really meant to be seen at night with all of the neon and the hawkers and live music at full blast. It was quite calm while we were there but I'm afraid the late night crush is just not our thing. We did the best we could by buying t-shirts and having a rack of ribs at the Blues City Cafe. They were good but not as good as I remember getting at the Dinosaur. At least we have a standard to judge against when we go to Corky's.

Beale Street has its sidewalk honoring the greats of its music and we  looked at many we didn't know, but here's one we did:

Then we went to a park along the Mississippi River and watched the boats go by. Then off to McD's for a hot fudge sundae for dessert and then back to camp.

Today it started raining about 4:00am and is coming down pretty well so we're going to lay low and maybe go out to Corkys for BBQ dinner.

One of the biggest disappointments of this campground is the lack of good cell signal. I tried to post last night and only had enough to hook up but not to post and certainly not to post any photos. This morning it's two bars and I'm doing as well as I can.