And Now, Arkansas

When we were discussing what we wanted to do in Tennessee besides go to the Grand Ole Opry, I immediately said that I wanted to see Graceland. Well, we were in Nashville and Graceland is in Memphis -- almost across the state.  Tennessee is not a real big state, it's wide and skinny, but it was a good two hundred and thirty miles.  We followed Tom and Juni out of the Nashville Country RV Park this morning headed for Interstate 40 West --

It was long trip, but we finally came to the western edge of the state and approached the Mississippi River --

And right in the middle of the bridge, we crossed into Arkansas --

We had originally planned to stay at the RV Park at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee, but Tom was on-line making the reservations and he found this really neat RV Park across the river in West Memphis, Arkansas.  It's called Tom Sawyer's Mississippi River RV Park and it really is right on the river!

I'm standing beside Auntie Violet where we are parked beside Tom and Juni in the above picture looking to the right across the gravel --

 And then looking to the left --

The weather forecast is predicting a thunderstorm tonight and the wind is really blowing already, but once it clears off, it should be a gorgeous night with this full moon --

The line of thunderstorms in Oklahoma, Texas and southern Arkansas is predicted to spawn tornadoes tonight, so everyone is a bit jumpy.  We have the NOAA weather radio turned on, even though it's not supposed to be bad this far north...

On To Tennessee

I was awakened a little after 6 AM this morning by the sound of a downpour on the roof of Auntie Violet. Now, we used to have a metal roof on one of the porches in our house in Spokane that was right outside our upstairs bedroom window.  And I enjoyed the sound of the rain on that roof -- mainly because I didn't hear it very often! 

The rain tapered off a bit while we were getting everything disconnected so that we could move this morning.  Still, we got quite wet while we were disconnected the water and electricity.  We didn't have terribly far to go.  It's a pretty short drive from Bowling Green, Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee.  It's a straight shot down I-65.

As you can see, it was a gray day for traveling --

We're staying at an RV Park, Nashville Country RV Park, in a northern suburb of Nashville called Goodlettsville.  Our friends, Juni and Tom, will arrive tomorrow. 

We got here early enough to make a much needed Costco run (of course, clear on the other side of Nashville!).  I bought some great blue crab dip and lobster dip from Gold Coast in Naples, Florida to use for appetizers the next couple of days.  When I asked why we never saw either of these at our local Costcos, I was told that they don't freeze them, so only sell them in the southeast. At least, Forry got his favorite gourmet meal -- a Costco Polish dog!