It was another overcast day with the threat of thunderstorms.
After several days of touring museums, Greg and I were eager to get some exercise. Once the thunderstorm threat diminished, we headed to Shelby Farms Park to walk the Hyde Lake Loop, which is a 2.4-mile loop around a man-made lake near Memphis.
The trail was a little boring, but we enjoyed seeing a variety of birds.
Beale Street
No trip to Memphis would be complete without an evening spent on Beale Street.
After our walk around the lake, we headed to Beale Street for dinner and some live music.
I had read that Memphis is famous for its barbecue, so I did a little Google search to see which bar on Beale Street had the best barbecue, and the winner was BB King’s. So off we went.
As expected, the barbecue was fantastic. Greg and I split a full rack of ribs.
The music was good, too. We learned something interesting about Beale Street. Unlike Broadway in Nashville, where the live music starts as early as 10:00 a.m., Beale Street doesn’t really come alive until after 7:00 p.m.
We were lucky that BB King’s had a band that played from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m.
After finishing our dinner, we moved on. Our next stop was the Rum Boogie Cafe, which we had been to once before on our Mississippi Cruise.
Since it wasn’t yet 7:00 p.m., we chatted with a British couple that we met while we were waiting for the band to take the stage. They were also doing a tour of Tennessee before heading to New Orleans, so we had fun exchanging notes about what we had seen and enjoyed on our various travels around the state.
When the band finally took the stage, we were amused to discover that two of the three band members were either from Pennsylvania or Philadelphia.
It was an enjoyable evening, but I have to admit that I don’t feel as comfortable on Beale Street as I did on Broadway. Beale Street has a much grungier feel, partly because there are fewer tourists and more folks just loitering.
Anyway, we headed back to the campsite early because we have a long drive tomorrow.
Park City, Kentucky, here we come!
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