Walking in Memphis
Okay, so “riding” more than “walking”. My wife and I accompanied her grandmother and brother to Memphis to tour Graceland and the city as a whole. We hit all the major “touristy” spots: The Peabody Hotel, the old Lorraine Motel (where MLK was assassinated), Sun Records, and of course Graceland and Beale Street.
We even stopped at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. I felt kind of like a jerk, because while we were walking around the grounds taking photographs of the beautiful facility, a small red car stopped at the front door of St. Jude’s…a small child with cancer, wearing an oxygen mask, was assisted out by his/her parents. It really made me wonder why on God’s green earth St. Jude’s is included as a tourist attraction.
I had never been to Memphis, and I’ve lived in the South all my life. I guess I took the city and its rich history for granted. But I did enjoy it, and for the most part it is nice. (We kind of got lost on Saturday and ended up in the not-so-touristy spots of Memphis. We even ran into a funeral procession.)
The next time we go, it won’t be to do the tourist thing. It’ll be to soak up Beale and hit Rendezvous for some delicious BBQ.
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