Day 8

I discovered this morning that the Mobile posting doesn't work well for anything longer than a sentence.
I will start with a quick blurb about Nashville, which was really a beautiful city. There is literally music in the streets, all country of course. It really is a city with a rhythm. There is a whole street full of Karaoke Bars, where wanna-be singers and musicians come to "make it big". The doors hang open and the music pours out into the streets.
We decided to splurge a little and payed for a trolley tour. It was worth it, $12 and we got to see most of the city without getting a bad sunburn or over heating. The high for the day was around 95*+ in the sun. This is the Parthenon (replica) it is the only full scale one around today. They filmed that J. C Percy and the Olympiads movie here.
Our first camp site brought to light the long standing issues of ordering things on-line, what you can't see and touch you can't be sure of. This site was about the size of the car, not so bad, but then add in that it was on the side of a hill and well half of it was a picnic table, and you're left wondering where do I put up a tent. We were able to get it switched for an extra $4, which made the total for the night $14. The bonus of the move, not only could we now put up the tent we were also much closer to the bathroom :) .


Today was a long day of driving, and a big change from the original plan.

Plan was:
Drive to Memphis and check out the city, then drive a little more and crash for the night wherever we can find a place.

What really happened:
Drove to Memphis and wow! There really isn't anything to see. Everything is hidden away or costs money, even the Museums. There are a lot of Museums. Memphis has truly fallen on my list of interesting places, but I am less surprised that there are no places to stay near there.
We decided to keep on driving to New Orleans and stop when we felt like stopping.

Road Trip info:
Stopping at Welcome Centers can be very beneficial. We stopped at the welcome center in Mississippi and felt very welcome. Two lovely ladies welcomed us to the state and offered whatever knowledge they had about camping along the I55. Sadly the places to camp are either RV parks, or state parks which require reservations.