Memphis

Yesterday we woke up, ate some breakfast in the room, then started driving around Memphis to see stuff.  We parked in downtown and decided to walk around for a bit.  We were good sports about it until about 30 minutes in...the heat was just awful.  We've had hotter days on this trip, but we haven't been anywhere where the air was so humid and stagnant.  We stopped in a couple places and looked around (like the Peabody hotel, where they have ducks that swim in the fountain in the lobby!) but eventually retreated to our very sketchy hotel.

On the subject of hotels, I'll give Hannah credit on this trip; even though we've been in more hotels than we like due to heat/the impossibility of finding a place to camp, she has saved us a ton of money by being willing to stay in some seedy areas.  For example, in San Antonio, we heard several gunshots throughout the night.  The place we're staying at now doesn't look so bad until you notice the marks on the door that looks like someone took a crowbar to it trying to pry it open.  Also, the shower will probably give you athlete's foot

We did some grocery shopping for stuff we were running out of, then headed back toward downtown when things were cooling off a little.  At Justin's suggestion we ate at Rendezvous, which is a barbecue place.  For the second time on this trip I believe Hannah and I enjoyed some of the best food that can be made by man.

                                   

Today we head out for Saint Louis.  We were really hoping that the heat wave would be over today, but it looks like we'll have to wait until tomorrow.  We are camping in a town about an hour south of the city called De Soto