Dad and I got back from Memphis yesterday and we had a great time! On the way down we stopped in Indianapolis and went through the Bishop's Storehouse there. It's the regional storehouse, so it's a lot bigger than Detroit's. They have been providing cleaning kits and food to the flooded areas in the mid west, (just thought you'd like to know). We went through this really cool cemetery in Terre Haute, In that had really neat mausoleums. The next day we stopped in New Madrid, Mo and learned about the New Madrid earthquake in 1830 and the civil war battle that took place on the Mississippi River there. When we got to Memphis we had a cook out at the home of the Northgraves (the friends we knew here that had moved there. We also stayed with them at their house).
On Sunday we went to church and then to a musical program that evening that the stake put on. Jana sang in a group.
Monday we went to Graceland. It was a lot better than any of us expected. We bought an Elvis cd to listen to in the car. That afternoon we taught Jana and Jason how to play cribbage (they love it). Than night we went out to dinner at Corkey's for bar-bee-que. Northgrave's daughter, Christina, and her husband went with us.
Tuesday we went to the International Ornamental Metal Museum. The museum was kind of a let down, but they were cutting down this HUGE tree next to it, so we got to watch that, which was real interesting. Then we met Jason after he got off work and he took us on a tour of his school and gave Dad an eye exam.
Wednesday we went to see the ducks at the Peabody Hotel and then we went to Mud Island. It is an island out in the Mississippi River that you can get to by a monorail or walking. We took the monorail. There is a very good museum there about the river and area. There is also a half mile long scale model of the whole river that has water running through it. You can wade in it if you want to. Wednesday night we went to the temple with Cathy Northgrave and Jana and Jason.
Thursday morning Jana fixed us pancakes and then we said good bye. We drove to Franklin, Tn (south of Nashville) and toured 2 civil war sites there. That was very interesting. We spent the night in Bowling Green, Ky.
Yesterday we just drove home, and got here about 5 pm. Dad took lots of pictures, so I'm sure he'll post some on the blog. I hope I haven't bored you too much.
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Mud Island is really cool. We checked it out when we went to visit Joe and Michele in Memphis a few summers ago. The scale model of the river is sweet, although I'm sure it doesn't exactly match the river anymore. The day we went was pretty hot, so we liked splashing around in the "delta" wading pool at the end of the river.
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