Memphis

We knew we wanted to get to Mud Island in Memphis before going to visit Diana's cousin Holly and her husband Roger.  We also knew we were not taking the RV down town.  So several miles out of Memphis we stopped at a Walmart and unhooked the Jeep. We drove the Jeep to Mud Island.  Mud Island is very cool but first some back ground.  We were in Memphis about a year ago and had a great time.  There was not enough time to visit Mud Island until our return flight was cancelled due to super storm Sandy.  So we had that extra day to go.  It was a Monday and we took the trolly to a visitors center near the island.  Turns out Mud is closed on Mondays.  Really, well shoot!

This time we were pushing to get there because of weather and because they close for the season after the big Halloween party on 10/31.

Mud Island has a to scale working model of the Mississippi River.

This picture is a very small section of the model.

We spent about 2 hours just walking the river model.  It shows all the significant tributaries, varies in width and depth and has markers throughout giving details and history.  Since we have been following the river from the source, this model was really great.