August 27, 2006:
MTTS#7: Dallas, TX to Memphis, TN
Total Daily Drive Time: 7 hours or 457 miles (8:00am – 5:00pm)
Main Route Synopsis: Welcome to the South. Today you’ll motor through Texas, Arkansas and into Tennessee, land of Elvis. The choices are endless today, rolling hills, babbling brooks and forests of green. The people are friendly and the roadways are scenic. If you’ve never had a mud bath or dipped those toes into hot mineral waters, c’mon give it a try when you motor through Hot Springs, AR. Or check out the funky and favorite haunts of our 42nd President, Bill Clinton in either Hot Springs or Little Rock. You’ll need the rest and relaxation as tonight it’s all about Beale Street and Memphis BBQ. Now go on…and don’t stay out too late.
Points of Interest: Graceland, Sun Recording Studios, Beale Street
Off The Beaten Path: Hot Springs, AR via Hwy 270 W, returning to I-30 via Hwy 70 E
Fun Facts: The Piggly Wiggly, the world’s first self-service grocery store, opened in Memphis in 1916. Memphis is the site of the first Welcome Wagon, founded here in 1928. Cleo Wrap of Memphis is the world’s largest manufacturer of Christmas wrapping paper producing two billion feet of gift-wrap each year. 24 of the 97 stars featured in the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame are from within a 100-mile radius of Memphis.
Club Connections: Metroplex MINI