Memphis, Tennessee - September 14-17, 2012



715am United flight out of IAH, late of course

Flying south over Hi-227 looking east over Central Ave.

Fly over the Liberty Bowl decked for U of Memphis

Mid-South Coliseum hosted The Beatles in 1966

Big Pentecostal churches in the area

Eat breakfast at Brother Juniper's Sat & Sun

Plot your place in line with your smart phone

Brad digs into an A&A open face omelete

David gets a $11 Coastal Delight with cheese grits

Brother Juniper is happy that David enjoyed his vist

Start with a cinamon roll & coffee Sunday morning

Get a breakfast monte cristo that you dip in maple syrup

Dave gets salmon crepes with pineapple and cheese grits

Go look for a few local sites Sunday morning

Find the Buddha statue in a front yard on Mendenhall

Next we take Kirby Parkway to Winchester Rd

To see the Statue of Liberation through Christ statue

In front of World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church

Watch NFL and enjoy some beer in the room Sunday

Try some new beers including the local Memphis brewery

Laughing Skull is made by Atlanta's Red Brick Brewing

Our only Man vs. Food restaurant visit is to Gus's

Spicy & juicy, Gus' is the best fried chicken I ever had!

No words are spoken as Dave & Brad chow down

Nashville's Yazoo Brewing makes Dos Perros, good w/chicken!

Make sure the garbage truck doesn't whack our Passat

No hobos fall out of the dumpster, unlike Austin

Monday morning breakfast at Bryants

2nd best breakfast in Memphis (behind B.J.'s)

Get Bryant's meat sampler w/3 eggs, 3 bisquits & grits

Site seeing around the U of Memphis campus

Find the 25-Foot-Tall Statue of Ramesses II on Central Ave

The statue stood at the Pyramid until it changed ownership

Find one more painted tiger by a U of Memphis sign

View of the Hilton Homewood Suite before we check out

Bought too many beers, hope the maid likes it

Drive by Sun Studio on Union Ave. on the way to Beale St.

Johnny Cash & Elvis Presley recorded at Sun Studio

Union Ave goes by the historic Memphis Peabody Hotel

And the Memphis Redbirds Minor League baseball park

Drive by the Cotton Musuem on Union Ave. @ Front St.

Cannon Center for Performing Arts on Front at Poplar

Drive by the 32 story tall Pyramid on Front St.

Pyramid Arena has not been used as a venue since 2004

Bass Pro Shops plans to open inside the Pyramid in 2013

Statue of Jefferson Davis in Jefferson Davis Park

View of Harahan & Frisco railroad bridges in front of the I-55 bridge crossing over Mississippi River to Arkansas

Look back at Memphis with Mud Island on the left

Hernando de Soto Bridge spans I-40 across the Mississippi River to West Memphis, AR

Finally head downtown to walk down Beale Street

Galina Exchange was built in 1891, girders added in 1980

Had bbq ribs at the Pig, Schwabs' was established in 1876

Silky Sullivan's has an open air restaurant next door

Rum Boogie Cafe is another famous Beale St. business

Got Lisa a shot glass at the Hard Rock Cafe

Not sure of the advertising advantage of Ugly Juanitas

Beale Street Brass Note (over 80) Walk of Fame

If there is no Elvis, it is not a Walk of Fame

View back down Beale St. from the Hard Rock Cafe

Better angle on the Rum Boogie Cafe

Galina Exchange is now an open air restaurant

I'd love to see the Irish diving goats some time!

Clyde Hopkins is the Godfather of Soul?   Look up!

Hi Clyde, and then he autographs a CD for me in the store

Though full, get some ribs at The Pig, just because

Elvis Statue on Beale St protected by motion detectors

Please look at Elvis, but don't get near enough to touch

OK, you can throw a penny near his feet for good luck

See a cable car on Main crossing Beale street

The MATA Main Street Line started operations in 1993

Car 452 has a more traditional paint job

Rock & Soul Museum tells the story of musical pioneers

FedExForum is the home of the Memphis Grizzlies

Drive under old bridges heading south to Graceland

Atomic Pest Control on Elvis Presley Blvd.

Depart Memphis on a late United flight home after 7pm

Nice sunset between the clouds on the way home
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