Memphis, Day Three.
We wrapped up our trip to Memphis beginning with a lunchtime visit to an outstanding barbecue joint called the Bar-B-Q Shop. No roosters crowing here, but they make a mean pulled pork sandwich. Greg had the ribs which were also very good, but not as good as the ones he makes at home!
Afterwards we hit the legendary Sun Studio, home of the famous recordings of Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, and Carl Perkins, just to name a few. One of the most famous photos of this quartet was taken here, and if you'll look closely you'll see the tiles on the walls are still the same:
It was really something to see the original door those guys walked into when looking to be discovered. Wow.
We wound down our day with a daytime visit to Beale Street for shopping...
...and then a trip to the Peabody Hotel to visit the Peabody Ducks and their palace on the rooftop -- we didn't stay to watch the daily duck march. We figured we can see ducks walking around anytime:
Finally, we made a visit to the Big Foot Lodge, where they have a FOUR POUND burger. If you eat the burger within an hour you get it for free -- as well you should. We didn't try it, but we saw someone else who did. Most of the burger was left. It seems that only 1 person has managed this feat, but he was a competitive eater, so what are you going to do?
That pretty much sums up our Memphis trip. We had a great time, and feel like we saw everything there was to see -- we weren't interested in Graceland, I've already been twice.
Now I just have to work off all the good food!
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