We decided to stop in Memphis for a few days on our way east. We had visited over 20 years ago and loved staying at Tom Sawyer’s RV Park so we knew we’d stay there again. It is a nice RV Park right on the bank of the Mississippi River. They have an open area with benches on the river that are nice to sit at and watch the river flow and the barges go up and down!

If you’re in Memphis a walk down Beale Street is required! We went on a Monday afternoon so it was pretty slow there, but we did find a live band and a great lunch at BB Kings!

Then we decided to walk to The Lorraine Motel, where MLK was assassinated (also known today as the National Civil Rights Museum). It was a quick half mile walk and definitely worth seeing the site of such a tragic day in history.

One of the many ‘must see’ locations in Memphis is Sun Studio. Known worldwide as “The Birthplace of Rock n Roll”, this is where so many music legends got their start. Sun Studio is where Elvis made his first recordings and kept company with early blues, rock, and country artists like Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Charlie Rich, Jerry Lee Lewis, BB King, Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf … and even U2 … just to name a ‘few’! It’s amazing to just stand in the same space and see the simplicity, yet sense the magnitude these artists had on the music industry.