Motorhome Trip - Little Rock, Arkansas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Little Rock

This next half of the trip wasn't as exciting as the first.  The cities weren't as cool, the weather was hotter, we were tired and had a lot of road to cover to make it back.  In Little Rock we stopped at the Famous Central High School.  You may remember learning about it in school.  In 1957 there was a desegregation Crisis at Central High.  9 African American students were persistent in attending the all white school at the time.  I briefly remembered about it, but it was cool going to the visitor's center and watching little videos about it.  School had let out for the day, so we could walk outside the grounds.  It is a beautiful school.  

Even the kids really liked the exhibits.  

We also went downtown and walked around for a little while, but there wasn't much to see.  As we were walking back to the motorhome sweating, we were parked by the splash pad so we decided to let the kids cool down and have fun.

Oklahoma City

Just east of downtown is Bricktown.  It used to be a major warehouse district, but is now a dining and entertainment district.  There are waterways throughout Bricktown, and water taxis you can ride.

 It was nice having a small Minnie Winnie because we could still park in cities without being too long.

 We briefly walked around the National Memorial honoring those who were affected by the Oklahoma City Bombing.  There are 168 chairs representing each person that was killed.

Motorhome Trip - Nashville and Memphis

Nashville

  

 No one was playing at the Grand Ole Opry House when we were there, and we also had the kids, but it would have been fun to go to a show.  Carrie Underwood was playing a few days after we left.

It was beautiful to walk around inside the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center.

Hatch Show print has been around since 1879 and is one of the oldest working letterpress print shops in America.  Each print is created using the same technique with wood carved blocks just like in 1879.  They would print posters for all the events in town, including lots of country music artists playing at the famous Ryman Auditorium below.

These Goo Goo Clusters were so good, and now that we're home we found a place that sells them close by!

We walked around Music City, and it was very busy.  The CMT awards were starting in just a couple of days, so people were setting up stages and getting ready.

 Niels in every city.  He would sit down when he didn't want to walk or be in the stroller.

 These gourmet popsicles were delicious.  We bought strawberry lime, Mexican caramel, avocado, cantaloupe, and mango. 

 We ate at the Pancake Pantry which was near Vanderbilt University.  It was a recommendation by Taylor Swift and many other people, but it was just OK.  I had the sweet potato pancakes, and they were pretty good.

Memphis

 Christopher told us that he really enjoyed the National Civil Rights Museum, so we were excited to go to it, but it was closed they day we went.  We still got to walked around outside though and see the motel where Martin Luther King was shot and killed.  They also had buttons you could push and it would tell you more about the history.  Hazel had learned about him in school, so she was really excited to see it.  It was definitely a highlight of our trip.

Memphis is known for it's BBQ, so we had to try some.  

 We had so much fun at the Louisville Slugger tour, we tried to go on a tour at the Gibson Factory, but tickets were sold out.  You had to be 5 and older so Brendan and Hazel were going to go together on a little date and she was so excited, so when they didn't get tickets she was very disappointed!

Motorhome Trip - Knoxville, Tennessee

We LOVED Tennessee!  Knoxville was our first stop to visit some friends, and they showed us a good time.  We met the Duvalls on a cruise on our honeymoons 8 years ago, and we've stayed in contact through social media over the years.  They came and visited us this past March for the first time, and we stayed with them for a couple of days on our trip.  

The Duvalls were so kind to let us stay at their house and make us wonderful meals, and the kids had a great time playing together.  They took us to the beautiful Smoky Mountains, and we went tubing.  The kids loved it!  It was so beautiful and green.  We also went to Gatlinburg and had dinner and walked around.  It was such a fun resort town.  We can't wait to come back!