Awake: 6:45am Temp 52 sleep 6+56 sunny overnight @ Hazen, Arkansas.
We both slept very well in our Murphy bed last night. We like it! After the bed is made in the morning, I fold it back into the wall & we have another place that can be a social room, play room or another TV room.
Kathy calls X-M radio & cancels our contract; our new system Pioneer, uses the Sirius Company for satellite radio.
Leave the “T- Rick’s” small campground in Hazen, AR @ 11:55am. A cornering headwind persists in shrinking our fuel mileage along the way. So far, the I-40 highway has been 77 % smooth.
We arrive @ the Tom Sawyer RV Park @ 2:40pm in West Memphis, Arkansas.
Today’s travel: 2+45 time 91 miles 14.7 gal used 6.2 mpg 33 avg speed.
This campground is on 80 acres, is very secluded from town, & has a wonderful view of the mighty Mississippi with very active & long barge traffic. Also it’s only (10) miles from downtown Memphis, TN.
Another perk: free laundry facilities. Kathy wastes no time in getting the big stuff into those big washing machines and dryers.
I make a cell phone call for my “still flying buddy,” Jack S. in Memphis. Trish tells me he flew his Bonanza plane to Missouri today, left it there for maintenance, & is driving a rental car back later tonight. We were planning on having some of those famous dry ribs from Charles Vergo’s Rendezvous restaurant downtown with them but we can’t wait.
The BBQ dry ribs are still my favorite; the place has been a favorite for decades. Now they have expanded to the upstairs building with a bar & waiting room. After our dinner, we walk around downtown, then through the renowned Peabody Hotel. Then over to the crowded & legendary Beal Street & past the new FedEx Forum (basketball Stadium); this whole downtown area is flooded with people. We ask a bellhop guy if this was a typical Friday. “No! Usually there are a lot more people than tonight,” he says. There are new hotels and restaurants, a downtown baseball stadium, new shopping areas and museum. The climate has sure changed since we have lived in this town. We counted 26 different horse drawn carriages during our walk. We are back to our campsite @ 11:25pm.
Today’s travel high=76 Lights out: 12:22am
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