Onward from Graceland

Could not come to Memphis and not drive by Graceland...right? $15 later for parking an oversize vehicle, I got close enough to take a picture from the street. It does not seem like the income generated by the Elvis Machine is benefitting the neighborhood. As far as the whole commercialization of 'the king' I felt sad looking around at all the stuff for sale, as his singing followed me from place to place.

We just cut across the corner of Tennessee at Memphis, before heading into Arkansas. There was a deep smog layer hanging over the city as we drove away from Graceland. We got to cross the Mississippi river again, very wide and very muddy looking. There wasn't anyway to get down to it from where we crossed. I am not the happiest camper traveling the Interstate. The highways are in abysmal condition either jerking you along concrete sections or full of potholes, not to mention trucks, trucks and more trucks!

I did see some swamp along the way, with Cypress trees, their knees sticking up. (I only know that because we visited that tourist swamp in SC.) We are back in the land of soybeans and hay, with some cattle along the way. There were a number of shipping depots along the way too. We even saw a Peterbuilt dealer.

Crossing the Ozarks was pretty and we saw a lot of the Arkansas River. We are back to 'k' designated readio stations as we entered Oklahoma and the Cherokee Nation. Onward to Texas tomorrow.