Mike and I had a grand time at the Jimmy Carter Museum in Atlanta Georgia today! Many people said that the Carter Museum was just "peanuts"(haha, do you get it!), but it was a very nice museum with a wealth of information and memoirs on exhibition. We thought we might have a chance to meet the Carters today, as we were told by the curators that they visit the Presidential Center on Fridays. Unfortunately they were not there today...maybe next time! We then saddled our Harleys and set our sights on Memphis Tennessee; City of Blues and BBQ! We traveled for what seem like hours upon hours, but we actually made several pit stops for fuel and to stretch our muscles and limbs. We road through some of the most beautiful terrain that God created (sorry no pics of it because we were riding and the traffic was pretty busy) but we did get some pics of the museum and some of the exhibits.
We traveled through Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee (that's four states). Upon our arrival in TN, Mike and I felt like we deserved a nice Memphis style BBQ dinner, so we ate at Tom's BBQ. When we walked into the establishment, much to our surprise Tom was an Asian gentleman and he owned a BBQ house...how different is that! He was a very nice guy and he asked us questions about our bikes, where we were from, where we were going, etc. Mike and I both ate a BBQ plate with BBQ baked beans, homemade coleslaw and dinner bread. The food was amazing, just the right hint of sauce made it perfect; not as good as mine, mind you! After dinner we went to our resting place for the night, TO Fuller State Park. We were going to camp there but the mosquitoes had other plans for us! We got in that tent for no more than 20 mins and relized we were going to get any sleep because the mosquitoes wouldn't let us. So we got up packed the tent and decided it was time to move on. We loaded up our motorcycles and down the interstate we went. We were off to Little Rock Arkansas; there we checked into a Marriott there and got us a well deserved night of rest after a long day of traveling. There you have the fifth state Arkansas!
We are going to be putting the Carter museum pic on here, along with the Clinton museum pics...enjoy!
What a great trip! You guys have fun, make great memories and be careful. Looking forward to reading about your adventures. :)
ReplyDeleteMichelle Jones
(John's wife)
What no skeeter spray? Jay
ReplyDeletesounds like a great time guys. live it up for us poor saps who have to be at work! seize every moment you can, I'm sure you know for most of us this would be a once in a lifetime experience and most likely a life changing one. I look forward to reading the next post!! remember try to hit donnar's pass when you leave no-cal, it used to be great country!
ReplyDeleteThanks guys for the comments and the words of encouragement! We are having a great time so far and the ride is so beautiful! Being able to see our country via the motorcycles is just amazing! We will have to stop and get some skeeter spray for the next camping night!
ReplyDeleteCan't seem to pull up pics but thought I'd let you know I checked in.Lots of luck & have fun-do it while you can-be safe!!John Sanders
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