We had never heard of this one before, but this is actual one of the important sites in the human rights movement. The school was the site of forced desegregation in 1957 after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional three years earlier. This was put in motion after 9… Continue reading Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
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Clinton Presidential Library
Little Rock, AR – Turns out the campground we booked is a downtown riverfront campground, on the Arkansas river. Right next to the campground is an old train bridge, which has been converted into a pedestrian bridge, and right across the river, is the Clinton Presidential Library. We hadn’t really planned on visiting it, but… Continue reading Clinton Presidential Library
Graceland
This was an all-things-Elvis day. We hesitated to pay a premium entrance fee so that we could see Elvis’ mansion, but it was really interesting and worth it. Two key thoughts from the mansion visit are: This was definitely decorated in the late fifties/early sixties, including green shag carpet. More importantly, despite having expanded the… Continue reading Graceland
Beale Street in Memphis, TN
Arrived today in Memphis. Once set up, we drove to see the downtown Memphis area and did the same in the evening. For the evening, we parked and walked Beale Street which is a colorful stretch of pedestrian-only roadway with various neon signs fr various jazz and music bars, as well as restaurants. All of… Continue reading Beale Street in Memphis, TN
Belle Meade Plantation tour
Nashville, TN I guess “plantation” doesn’t mean that they plant stuff, as in agriculture. Turns out the main business of this plantation, which we toured today, was raising thoroughbred horses. We learned that one named Iroquois, and descendants of his are among 11 of only 13 triple crown winners. We toured the mansion in which… Continue reading Belle Meade Plantation tour
What’s Covid?
Nashville, TN We arrived in Nashville this afternoon. We decided to take an evening drive into Downtown Nashville. As we are driving around, and taking night scenery pictures, we got to the busy section where the action is. There were people trying to find places to park all over the place. By the time we… Continue reading What’s Covid?
Snowstorm
Cave City KY Yesterday, we have used our first of 17 “floating days”. There was a snowstorm, which started as forecasted at 9 AM, and dropped 4 ½ inches of snow (as measured by Bernard on the picnic table – 6 1/2 according to the campground owner). Today, we decided to stay put for an… Continue reading Snowstorm
Mammoth Cave National Park
Cave City KY Did the tour from the “historic” cave entrance – the natural one where the caves were first discovered. This is by far the grandest cave we have ever visited. Some sections are huge, even though we also walked through sections that were both narrow and one had to duck because the ceiling… Continue reading Mammoth Cave National Park
Caves
Cave City KY Went to the visitor center while Claudette had a business call. Booked cave tours, one for each of the next two days. Tours were sold out for today. Holds the record for longest cave in the world, with over 400 miles of surveyed passages over several levels. Looking forward to the tours.… Continue reading Caves
Horse Racing
Louisville, KY We’re not horse racing fans, but the self-guided museum, as well as the guided tour of the area where the races take place, viewing the seating area (which can hold more than 100K viewers on race days) and the paddocks where the horses are kept prior to races, was quite interesting. We also… Continue reading Horse Racing