The first day of the New Year was mostly about driving. However we did take an hour out of our day to drive around Downtown Memphis. The downtown was mostly deserted, I suspect most normal people were recovering from New Years parties the night before.
The downtown is like most Cities downtown, but I did like the look of this old building.
Just a little bit out of the downtown is a street with a set of old Victorian homes. My Dad found a reference to these in a guide book and wanted to check them out. They are very cool, and there are more then just these three. Most of them are now Museums. Other then these buildings, which look very well kept the area around them was quite run down. A sign of how the times changes.
This giant pyramid was an odd sight. It's on the waterfront by the Mississippi just north of the downtown. It reminded me of the Luxor in Las Vegas. It's a massive building, but I couldn't figure out what it was for.
After a little research on the web it turns out it's a stadium. Seats about 20,000 for Basket Ball. I was half expecting it to be church of some sort.
Here's a picture of the bridge that crosses the Mississippi. It's a big river.
This is the view from the bridge looking north. The barge in this picture is the same barge to the left in the previous picture. The bit of land to the left may or may not be Arkansas. It's actually an island, and I don't know which side of the river it belongs to. This means it may or may not be the only picture of Arkansas I included.
Finally it's a picture at the first rest stop in Oklahoma. Arkansas was not a particularly interesting drive. The first half was swamp, the second half was light rolling hills.
For the most part Oklahoma was flat. Especially up to Oklahoma City.
We stayed at a Howard Johnson's in Oklahoma City, and had dinner at a classic Denny's. The town was dead quiet. There was no-one at all about. The waiter/manager at the Denny's, which was mostly empty, explained that Oklahoma was in the Fiesta Bowl in Phoenix. Everyone was at home watching the game. It was always like this when the team was playing.
The next morning the complimentary breakfast room had a waffle machine. I like the waffle machine. But that's the next day.
