In case the photo last night didn’t show the camp site well, this is what it looked like. Just an open field. We were up pretty early and took the tent down to head back into Memphis.
I wanted some real food for breakfast so we asked around and someone suggested Miss Polly’s.
The food was really good. All I got was eggs and toast but it was what I wanted. Joanna’s omelet was awesome.
Beale Street is a different place in the daytime. It’s just like any other city, I suppose. No one dancing in the street but still plenty of bars and restaurants open. One thing I really liked was the Blue Walk of Fame on the sidewalk.
We walked around the city for a while. It was a nice day and it’s a cool town. We were going to stop at the Civil Rights Museum but it’s a bit pricy. It’s definitely a city I would come back to one day.
We headed back to the Mississippi to check that out in the sunlight. It’s huge and the current was moving along quickly. We walked across a bridge to Mud Island, which is in the middle of the river.
This is an aerial view of what the island is. There is a scale model of the Mississippi River that runs along the whole island. It shows all the twists, tributaries and elevation changes from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a pretty amazing thing.
From the big field in the middle of the island there is a great view of the skyline.
There are stairs that lead down into the river so I felt like I had to put my feet in. It was chilly but it felt nice and now I’ve stood in the Mississippi River.
We were told by security to not photograph the bridges because of homeland security, which is crap, so I took some pictures of the bridges. It’s great that to supposedly protect our freedom so much freedom is taken away.
We couldn’t spend a lot of time out there because we parked at a meter so we headed back over the bridge. I took a cool shot of the pyramid on the way. We got back to the car late but no ticket.
We got back on the road heading south, entering Mississippi. We had lunch on the way and started looking for disc golf courses in the area.
We found one called Chautauqua Park that ended up being really awesome. One of the holes was on an outcropping above a little ridge. One shot was a long shot with huge drop and a creek crossing.. I put my disc right under the basket on my drive though without even seeing it for a birdie.
The place was also full of quirky things like a rock garden and a serenity path. There were even tent sites right in the path of a few holes.
This was a great course and I wish it wasn’t so far away. I would love to play it again sometime.
We got back on the road and headed into Louisiana. We headed straight for New Orleans and made it there in a little over two hours.
Bourbon Street is exactly what you would expect: it’s loud, bright and full of people drinking. It’s pretty overwhelming to walk down the street and be bombarded by music from all directions, see beads flying over your head and people smoking and drinking in the street.
There were balconies filled with people all along the street throwing beads at people.
They didn’t require that you flash them but some people did anyway. Some people just enjoyed their drink while watching the show above.
After we walked the street for a while, we rejoined the rest of the world back on Canal Street. I wanted to go to a gumbo place but they had closed already. I settled for some hush puppies and a local golden ale. It was delicious.
We then began a long drive to a park on the other side of the lake which turned out to be closed and not accepting late arrivals for camping. We checked another place that was going to charge about as much as a hotel room. Finally, we settled on Wal*Mart’s parking lot.
It’s not ideal but it’s free. They encourage people to sleep there while on the road so I finally took them up on it.
Total driving distance: 503.2 miles.
In case the photo last night didn’t show the camp site well, this is what it looked like. Just an open field. We were up pretty early and took the tent down to head back into Memphis.
I wanted some real food for breakfast so we asked around and someone suggested Miss Polly’s.
The food was really good. All I got was eggs and toast but it was what I wanted. Joanna’s omelet was awesome.
Beale Street is a different place in the daytime. It’s just like any other city, I suppose. No one dancing in the street but still plenty of bars and restaurants open. One thing I really liked was the Blue Walk of Fame on the sidewalk.
We walked around the city for a while. It was a nice day and it’s a cool town. We were going to stop at the Civil Rights Museum but it’s a bit pricy. It’s definitely a city I would come back to one day.
We headed back to the Mississippi to check that out in the sunlight. It’s huge and the current was moving along quickly. We walked across a bridge to Mud Island, which is in the middle of the river.
This is an aerial view of what the island is. There is a scale model of the Mississippi River that runs along the whole island. It shows all the twists, tributaries and elevation changes from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a pretty amazing thing.
From the big field in the middle of the island there is a great view of the skyline.
There are stairs that lead down into the river so I felt like I had to put my feet in. It was chilly but it felt nice and now I’ve stood in the Mississippi River.
We were told by security to not photograph the bridges because of homeland security, which is crap, so I took some pictures of the bridges. It’s great that to supposedly protect our freedom so much freedom is taken away.
We couldn’t spend a lot of time out there because we parked at a meter so we headed back over the bridge. I took a cool shot of the pyramid on the way. We got back to the car late but no ticket.
We got back on the road heading south, entering Mississippi. We had lunch on the way and started looking for disc golf courses in the area.
We found one called Chautauqua Park that ended up being really awesome. One of the holes was on an outcropping above a little ridge. One shot was a long shot with huge drop and a creek crossing.. I put my disc right under the basket on my drive though without even seeing it for a birdie.
The place was also full of quirky things like a rock garden and a serenity path. There were even tent sites right in the path of a few holes.
This was a great course and I wish it wasn’t so far away. I would love to play it again sometime.
We got back on the road and headed into Louisiana. We headed straight for New Orleans and made it there in a little over two hours.
Bourbon Street is exactly what you would expect: it’s loud, bright and full of people drinking. It’s pretty overwhelming to walk down the street and be bombarded by music from all directions, see beads flying over your head and people smoking and drinking in the street.
There were balconies filled with people all along the street throwing beads at people.
They didn’t require that you flash them but some people did anyway. Some people just enjoyed their drink while watching the show above.
After we walked the street for a while, we rejoined the rest of the world back on Canal Street. I wanted to go to a gumbo place but they had closed already. I settled for some hush puppies and a local golden ale. It was delicious.
We then began a long drive to a park on the other side of the lake which turned out to be closed and not accepting late arrivals for camping. We checked another place that was going to charge about as much as a hotel room. Finally, we settled on Wal*Mart’s parking lot.
It’s not ideal but it’s free. They encourage people to sleep there while on the road so I finally took them up on it.
Total driving distance: 503.2 miles.
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