Day 4

After having a truly restful night's sleep at a truck stop somewhere between St. Louis and Cape Girardeau, MO we headed to Memphis, TN. We passed through Arkansas but didn't see much. Very green,  mostly drove through the middle of nowhere.  we had about a 3 hr drive. We arrived in Memphis and it was all about Elvis.  We stayed at the Graceland RV park, which was right next door to the visitor center and his airplanes.

We arrived and got set up, the weather was perfect so we opened all the windows.  I had Derek start working on his schoolwork on the table next to a window in the RV. He looked out and noticed our RV neighbor and he said "great and 80 yr old sunbathing". It wouldn't have been so bad except the neighbors were extremely close and the windows were wide open. I'm sure he heard Derek's comment. He was a senior citizen,  but I doubt he was 80. We tried to lay low from them for the night.

Next, we went to dinner at Marlowe's. It was an award-winning BBQ place recommended by the RV park. It had also been on the food network.  one of the best parts was that they picked us up in a pink limo from our space at the RV park.

We got to the restaurant and it too was all about Elvis. Elvis music playing,  pictures and memorabilia.  I  ordered the catfish,  Trey and; Derek had mac and cheese, and Dax had a bbq baked potato. Curtis had some other BBQ thing with fried okra. It was all excellent.  Derek kept eating Curtis' okra. The BbQ was the most tender, tasty BbQ I have ever put in my mouth. The fried catfish had the most perfect seasoning and wasn't greasy at all. No complaints from Trey either. He is pretty picky about his mac and cheese. 

We were stuffed full but we wanted to try their dessert inspired by Elvis.  it was some kind of peanut butter banana foster over a doughnut. Basically, a doughnut covered in bananas, vanilla ice cream, and caramel, drizzled with peanut butter and whipped cream.  Yum. All those flavors mixed together was a party for the mouth. The food was amazing. I wish we could have it again.


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