Memphis was fun - cold but fun. We also went down to Beale Street on Sunday for the music. The couple we met in Clarksdale came to our Memphis campground and we all went again. Before leaving Memphis on Monday we went to Civil Rights Museum. It is at the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed. It is a very well done museum. Without realizing it as you go through the museum, you end up in the hotel room where King stayed. Very thought provoking. Also, across the street you go into the room where James Earl Ray shot King from. Not a proud moment to be a white American - that is also the way we felt when touring the Wounded Knee Museum in South Dakota. On Monday night we camped about an hour outside Mephis our Route 64. We followed 64 all week through southern Tennessee. A relaxing way to travel. Today we crossed into North Carolina after a lovely drive through the Smoky Mountains. Too bad the weather didn't cooperate as it is still cold and rainy. But it is spring time in Tennessee and the Smokies - the redbud and dogwood trees are beautiful.

Comments from Eldon: Beale Street was fun again. The museum was very well done - I came away moved.

Comments from Larry: Stayed at some great campgrounds after leaving Memphis. Last night in Cleveland Tennessee was perfect - tall grass, lots of trees and no dogs. I had a good night.