On the raod again

Not too much to report for today's trip. We started out at 9am this morning from Knoxville, Tennessee and headed towards Memphis. I did all of the morning driving while M got some work done. It's really interesting to think about technology and the fact that two years ago my dad was sleeping in the passenger seat when he wasn't driving and now M is sitting there responding to work emails and conducting conference calls as we drive.

When you see a pig in your rearview it must time for bbq!
We arrived in Memphis about 2:30 this afternoon, just in time for a late barbecue lunch. It was definitely worth the wait and the drive. Unfortunately M's favorite, Rendezvous, doesn't serve lunch during the week so we relied on the help of a good friend who recommended Jim Neely's Interstate Barbecue. Two pork sandwiches, french fries, baked beans, cole slaw, potato salad and a couple of drinks later we were stuffed to the brim and ready to walk around a little bit. So we headed into Memphis to see the famous ducks at the Peabody Hotel and take in a little live music on Beale Street. My only wish is that it would have been a little cooler so we could have walked around a little bit more.

Ducks at the Peabody Hotel. They hang out here from 11-5, everyday.
Right now we are west of Memphis heading toward Little Rock, Arkansas. We are hoping to make it through Little Rock towards the Arkansas/Oklahoma border. Luckily we feel like we can relax a little bit for the rest of the drive due to two discoveries today

1. We received a call from the moving company letting us know that our stuff would not be delivered on Friday morning but now it looks like it will arrive on Monday. Good thing we packed an aero bed, towels and the iron skillet in the car!
2. We are going to gain three hours as we cross the different time zones. Little did I know I would be serenaded as we crossed the time zone change, "Oooh we crossed a time zone. Yeaaah! Wooooo! Yeaaahhh! Wooooo! We got an hour."

We have also come up with some very fun car games. The rainbow game where you must find a car or truck of each color of the rainbow (plus brown, black, white, gold, and silver). You wouldn't believe how many purple trucks are on the road, especially in Arkansas. And we have the trusty licence plate game that we have been playing everyday. So far we have seen many different states but it seems that we may not come across Hawaii, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.
Crossing the Mississippi River between Tennessee and Arkansas

***Sunday August 17th License Plates seen: 35 states***