Day two, Memphis and beyond

I think the Only good thing about Missouri is the price of gas. $3.04 per gallon was the least expensive that we saw.

So far this trip has been largely uneventful. It doesn't make for good stories but it does make for low blood pressure. Which I appreciate.

The closest we got to good story material was the idea that we might camp near Graceland in Memphis. There is an app for the iPad called rvparking.com, it's awesome. You just type in your city of choice and a map, with all the RV parks in the area, comes up. It has a place for reviews from campers, but so far we haven't found any that have been reviewed, nor have we stayed long enough to write a review. I guess that statement explains itself. Anyway, the plan was to stay at Jellystone park just south of Memphis. My initial concern for the park was the fact that the person who answered the phone spoke a version of English that I was not able to fully translate. After my constant asking, "is that what you said?" he handed the phone to his wife who was, thankfully, somewhat understandable. She explained that when pulling into the paaark, we'd see a stachooo of Yogi Baaarr ouuun the raaaht. OK, we'll see you in about 20 minutes.

Highway 51 in Memphis, the road we needed to take to get to Jellystone, goes past Graceland, which is lit with pink flood lights at night. It also appears to be in the hood. I highly recommend it as a vacation destination if being mugged, carjacked and robbed are part of your itinerary. Every business on 51 is surrounded by 8 foot high fencing. The Walmart has an illuminated billboard reminding readers to lock their vehicles and take any valuables with them.

Unless Yogi Baaarr was carrying an oozie, there was no way we were staying at his park. Excuse me, paaark.

We drove an extra 30 miles south to Coldwater, Mississippi. But not before calling the park to ask what kind of neighborhood we could expect to be sleeping in. She said it was real dark and quiet, except for the noise on the interstate. Perfect. It was a great little park. One funny thing about it though was that most of the RVers, seemed to live there. I couldn't help but wonder what they were hiding from or what brought them to that park. Were they too trying to escape Memphis?