Day 1 - Not exactly the plans I had in mind

Well, day 1 of our trip started okay, but we ended up leaving about 20 min. behind schedule.  The morning was beautiful and the drive smooth. Our plan was to stop at the Arkansas Welcome Center to take a break and maybe pick up a state map. Streets and Trips apparently didn't know where the welcome center was because it wanted to lead us to a place that wasn't there. We ended up stopping at a convenience store instead.  Once back on the road, we traveled about 5 miles and passed the Welcome Center. Oh, well. we needed to head on.

It wasn't too long before we made it to the birthplace of Rock and Roll, Memphis, TN. We visited the welcome center and took a picture of a big statue of Elvis and picked up a Tennessee map. We then headed to Graceland, home of Elvis Presley. We were going to stop and take a quick picture but the only parking available was not free. In fact, it was $10. If we had planned to stay a while, I would have reluctantly paid, but we were just going to visit a few minutes, so we didn't park. We instead, drove past a few times to look and then it was on to Nashville. We had planned on getting to Nashville and see Ryman Auditorium by about 5:30, but we got pretty hungry and decided to stop for dinner at Loretta Lynn's Country Cooking in Buffalo. It was okay food, but the gift shop was a tourist trap big time. Loretta's face was pasted on everything. By the time we got to Nashville, it was about 7:30 and it was too difficult to park to see the site of the Grand Ole Opry, so once again we just looked and then on we went. Then the GPS decided to die. I'm not sure what's going on with it.

I will have to try to figure it out on day 2. As I write this we are staying in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant. It's a little warm, but not too bad. Hey, I can't complain for a free night. We will wake up early, eat breakfast and then be on our way once again. Pictures to come soon.