Quick Summary of our day
Time departed : 8am from Knoxville, TN
Miles Driven : approx. 450
Time arrived : 10pm near Little Rock, AK
Fun stops on the way: Christ Community Church in Franklin, TN (David's old church) for the morning service; Rudy's Restaurant in Bucksnort, TN to meet up with my pal Meredith for a quick bit to eat; Graceland and Beale Street in Memphis, TN to see if Elvis is still alive and to get some good barbeque
Wow! I can hardly believe that we finally left. As some of you know, our week was a little crazy. We got all packed and moved out on Monday and Tuesday (Aug. 11-12). We decided to take Tuesday to rest and relax before leaving Wednesday. At midnight on Tuesday night, Trey woke up with a barky cough and was struggling to breathe. It really scared me because I know how tiny babies airways are. We took him to Children's Hospital where they gave him 2 breathing treatments and an oral steroid. He was diagnosed with croupe and when he didn't respond as well as they wanted him to, so they decided to admit him for observation and further breathing treatments. He was in the hospital for 2 nights. While we were in the hospital, our household items left on the moving truck on Wednesday. Also our Wednesday, our car was in a little accident when David's dad drove it too far into the garage and caught the bike and cartop carrier on the garage door. He was trying to help us organize our stuff, and just didn't estimate the clearance well. We filed a claim with our insurance and found it estimated to have about $1,500 damage to the roof of the car. Then on Friday we got a call from the moving company that the truck containing our stuff was in an accident. We were told that no damaged occurred to our items, so we are thankful for that.
We ended up decided to just take my Jetta instead of driving both our cars out West. We hope to sell David's Honda in TN. But that decision involved us combining the items from both our cars. We figured out what we needed and what we could leave behind.
We had a good day traveling. We stopped in different places throughout the day. We went to Christ Community Church in the morning in Franklin, TN which is where David used to go to church when he lived in Nashville. We then met up with my friend Meredith in Bucksnort, TN - she was travelling back to Knoxville after visiting her family in Memphis. We had a nice little visit - I am going to miss her. She has been a really good friend to me and has helped me a great deal since I had Trey. We then stopped in Memphis. We went inside the Peabody Hotel where they walk the famous ducks out to swim in their fountain each day. We drove by Graceland and then went to the famous Beale Street for some good food before stopping for the night in Arkansas.
Visiting with our friend Meredith in Bucksnort, TN
On the way to Graceland
The Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN
Where we ate some incredible food
We split this half rack of ribs - Trey even had some of the meat and loved it
Beale Street at night in Memphis
1 comment:
What an adventure!!Trey looks like he is enjoying every minute of it. I had to laugh as I saw David's bike on top of the car. Dad said that that is good thinking . Incase you break down, David can go for help!!Have a great trip.
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