Memphis

The kids and I were in downtown Memphis on Thursday night. We found a Ruby Tuesday for dinner and my boys attacked the salad bar. The next morning we went to check out a place called Mud Island River Park. I had never heard of it, but John said to take the kids. Here is a description from their website:

So basically, it's a MS River replica that is five blocks long that you walk along. You are allowed to walk in the water, which the kids liked. The Riverwalk area helps you to get a bit of an understanding of just how mighty and important the Mississippi is. There are many information stations along the way to explain where you are and what you are looking at. The kids loved walking down the river and following leaves that were flowing in the water. 

We started with a ride on a monorail over to Mud Island. 

The dark gray area on the ground represents a city. They keep with the scale they used for the river to show city size. 

Info station:

The city of Memphis:

These bars represent car bridges that cross the river:

Here is an area where another river is joining the MS. 

Lake Ponchatrain, LS and the city of New Orleans:

And finally, we reached the Gulf of Mexico. It's a one acre sized pond that you can go paddle boating on (which I didn't tell them).

We then rode the monorail back over the river and checked out of the hotel. We had a 5.5 hour drive to John's parents' house in Poplarville, MS. This drive also went very well. We stayed Friday night and all of Saturday with Grandma and Grandpa and left Sunday morning. We had a very exciting day, which I will tell you about next time I blog.