From Memphis With Love

Ok—haven’t blogged in forever. I suck at blogging. I admit it and am now totally over it. At least I Twitter a little bit better than a I blog—a very little bit better. LOL

Scott and I got back from a trip to TN on Saturday. We went because PGD is a sponsor of CKU-Nashville and CKU-Provo and we had a sponsor table at the event. We also managed to sneak down to Memphis on Thursday. We were supposed to meet up with our pal Whit and her hubby, but that didn’t happen (*cry*)—so we took in the city on our own. Here are some of the pics from the day.

 
These two statues stand in the visitors center in Memphis. Very cool.

A miniature replica of the Mississippi River on Mud Island. They have a really cool little museum there too.

 
Scott always likes to take a picture of me walking ahead of him just about everywhere we go. Not quite sure why…

We paused by this fountain to sit on a bench and enjoy some ice cream.

We walked down to the older, “not as nice” part of the downtown area—I found it incredibly beautiful. There is something about old, forgotten buildings that capture my imagination. This one was taken at a trolley stop

One street over from the pic from the trolley stop was the Lorraine Motel. We kind of stumbled on it. It had completely slipped my mind that it was in Memphis. I didn’t even need to enter the Civil Rights Museum—(which the Lorraine is part of)—standing down at the corner even I felt the weight of the significance of the place. That feeling is still lingering with me even though I’m far away from that eerily quiet corner now.

We took a trolley back over by the river from down by the Lorraine. We wanted to grab our car and park it up by Beale St. where we planned on having dinner and spending the evening.

 
We had dinner at BB King’s. I had a BBQ pulled pork sandwich. I had been waiting to eat bbq that I was told (by Whit and Scott) was the best that could be found anywhere—and let me tell you—I was not disappointed! My mouth is watering just thinking about it. And now I want to buy a smoker and make my own. ;)

 
We had to get pictures of the Blues Hall Juke Joint. Why? Because we both found it hilarious that this place—according to their signs—was a juke joint, licensed & bonded pawn broker and also sold drinks to go. ROFL

 
Scott and I managed to get in a shot together. Shocking and rare. :D

And this last one is not the best picture—and may have you wondering what it even is—but Scott and I are both pleased that we got it. If you’ve ever seen the movie The Firm, there is a little kid doing flips down Beale St. and Tom Cruise flips with him. The last time Scott was on Beale St., he met that “kid” who was about 18 by then and was teaching his little brother how to flip (the little brother was about 8). The guy flipping in this picture was the kid being taught that Scott met many years ago and he’s now teaching other kids to flip too. We had a great time watching these guys flip for tips, and it’s neat that Scott got to see this little kid grown up. The original boy from the Firm holds the Guinness Book World Record for the longest string of flips in a row and has a music note on Beale St. Neat stuff—neat culture down there. We listened to a lot of good music too. The weather was great. We’ll be back. I enjoyed Memphis too much not to go back. ;)

And if you’re interested in seeing some of the photos from CKU, buzz on over to the PGD blog where they’re posted.