Memphis TN
Our First Stop on our new First Trip!
We stayed at Cherokee Landing Thousand Trails. This is our first Thousand Trails campground. So far, not impressed! Most of the camp sites are overgrown and not usable, from the upkeep not being there. The lake is no longer able to be swam in. (Which, by the way, Cooper says is completely unacceptable! If there is a lake you should be able to swim in it, in his mind) They closed the pool for the season without posting it, a day after we got there, and it was still 90+. But we were told by our neighbors that this is not the norm for Thousand Trails, so we will hang in there!
We enjoyed our time in Memphis, though. The Peabody Hotel Ducks, were really awesome! So if you have never seen them, here is what it is. The Peabody Hotel houses ducks for a few months at a time. Each set of ducks is trained, with their ring master, to walk from their enclosure on the roof, into their elevator, and down to the lobby where the walk the red carpet to the fountain. They remain there for the day, then in the evening they do it in reverse order! We were able to get a front row seat to the whole event.
We walked Beale St and had ice cream at A. Schwab.
Then we went to the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid.
Off of a recommendation from a friend we went to Shelby Farms Park. Which was fun.
Of course we couldn't leave Memphis, without some BBQ. We went to Central BBQ for a very filling dinner!
We stayed at Cherokee Landing Thousand Trails. This is our first Thousand Trails campground. So far, not impressed! Most of the camp sites are overgrown and not usable, from the upkeep not being there. The lake is no longer able to be swam in. (Which, by the way, Cooper says is completely unacceptable! If there is a lake you should be able to swim in it, in his mind) They closed the pool for the season without posting it, a day after we got there, and it was still 90+. But we were told by our neighbors that this is not the norm for Thousand Trails, so we will hang in there!
We enjoyed our time in Memphis, though. The Peabody Hotel Ducks, were really awesome! So if you have never seen them, here is what it is. The Peabody Hotel houses ducks for a few months at a time. Each set of ducks is trained, with their ring master, to walk from their enclosure on the roof, into their elevator, and down to the lobby where the walk the red carpet to the fountain. They remain there for the day, then in the evening they do it in reverse order! We were able to get a front row seat to the whole event.
Then we went to the Bass Pro Shops Pyramid.
Of course we couldn't leave Memphis, without some BBQ. We went to Central BBQ for a very filling dinner!
