Long Drive

We met at the church this morning at 8, loaded up luggage and people in the med sized SUV and headed east.   There was conversation, there was napping, reading and just some quiet time and voila we were in Little Rock.  Lunch was at Cracker Barrel, quite adequate and reasonable and we loaded up and headed east some more.   We rode and rode, and two of the guys drove and drove (sometimes thru rain showers) til we arrived at our night-time destination, Memphis.  After getting our rooms and chilling awhile, we met in the lobby to find a good Memphis barbecue place.  Armed with a map and instructions provided by the lady at the hotel counter we drove through a part of Memphis til we came to AR's Barbecue.                              

The guys had ribs which they declared wonderful,

I had chopped pork wrapped in a tortilla with cole slaw.  It was very tasty, but the cole slaw was not what I'm used to.   It had been chopped to death- it was almost a paste and way too wet.  But the taste was good if the texture wasn't.
Our plan is to enjoy breakfast on our own in the lobby and then to meet at mid morning to repack the car-- luggage and us- and head to Oxford, Mississippi for registration at 1:30.   Hopefully I'll be able to get adequate WiFi at the camp in Oxford to continue posting this saga.