“Long distance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee”
Every time I hear of Memphis, the Chuck Berry song comes to mind, and it won’t go away!! (and, Marlipops knew Chuck Berry many moons ago.)
Guess where we are?
Before we left, I had to go and get my pontoon deposit back, and the miserable sod in charge made me go and fill up the gas tank of the pontoon before he would give me my money!
We left Table Rock Lake around 11 this morning and headed south, down highway 13 into Arkansas. Why is it pronounced “Arc in saw”? Beats the heck out of us.
Anyway, the road south was up and down, wiggly wiggly and very roller coasterish. Beautiful scenery, rolling, wooded hills, with magnificent views of the various fingers of the lake, but very slow going. We only averaged about 30 mph, and Marlipops was feeling a bit queasy coz of the ocean type motions.
So, finally onto the freeway, Interstate 40.
Wow.
A very well maintained road, smooth and flat.
This freeway runs from Los Angeles to Wilmington, North Carolina, a distance of about four million miles.
We counted the trucks and there were on average between five and seven big trucks for every other type of vehicle. It was just amazing, they come steaming past us as though we are standing still, and I have cruise control set on 63 mph!!
Every time a big old truck went past, I flashed my headlights to let the driver know when he was clear to cut in, and probably 50% of the time I got an acknowledgement. When I did, I gave a big wave, which after a while began to get on the Marl’s nerves……so I did it even more!!!!! Such simple pleasures keep a marriage bubbling!!
The farmland on either side of the freeway was a riot of different colors, shades of yellows, oranges, greens and reds. There were even some fall type leaf colors on some of the trees we passed.
Also, some of the fields were cut into some maze sort of shapes, with no apparent method or reason. Weird.
We crossed the Mississippi River in West Memphis, turned south on Interstate 55, and promptly got lost.
South Memphis in the dark is not the best place to be, but with Captain Super Cautious at the helm, and Marli Super Navigatorpops with the maps, we finally docked at Wal Mart parking lot, on Elvis Presley Blvd!
Yes, we are in Memphis, we are tourists, and we are going to Graceland tomorrow!!! There are no excuses, but when in Rome and all that……
I never even liked any of his songs!!!
Wildlife watch today was a yellow cropduster, spraying some fields, probably the wrong ones, some miniature goats, and the first turtle we’ve seen since we left Florida.
