A Quick Run to Memphis

I have been to Memphis many times.   It is a great town, a unique Southern American city.   Seen the Grizzlies beat up on the Thunder in the FEDEX Arena.  I have been to Beale Street, listened to the Blues at the original BB King's Blues Club.  Heart-wrenching Blues imported from the Mississippi Delta.  Howled at the moon near the Mississippi in sight of Mud Island.  Know the history of STAX Records and all of the great music that comes from this city; music that brought black and white together.

Been to the hotel where Martin Luther King was shot and the room where he died, personally a very moving experience.    So riding my motorcycle on the streets of Memphis has been something that I have wanted to do for a long time. The same streets where Elvis road his Electra Glide.

My younger son was coming back from a month long motorcycle journey from Chattanooga to Seattle, and I had 4 counties in West Tennessee to ride.  So I was off to meet my son to ride home with him.   A quick run to Memphis and back to see my son finish his 3000-mile odyssey.

So I'm off at 6 in the morning.  After stopping at 3 other county courthouses before arriving at the Shelby County Courthouse, two blocks from the Mississippi shortly before noon.   My mission is almost complete with 78 of 94 Tennessee counties ridden.  I leave Memphis and meet my son in the Dyersburg soon after he enters the state.

It was great to see him sitting on a park bench as I rode up.  It was a good feeling knowing that I'd be with him on the final leg of his journey.  So we're off to Clarksville and get home shortly before 6 PM. The steak dinner cooked on the home grill tasted good.  We were all happy that he is home.



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