On the Road Again

Tuesday Morning we left Paul and Julie's House. They were great hosts and we hope they recover quickly from our whirlwind stay. We intended to visit the birthplace of Davy Crockett but I misjudged where it was and we missed it. We camped a night in Tennessee. The next day we drove across Tennessee and stopped at Graceland, we looked at the mansion from the street, and visited the giftshops/museums. We did not pay the $100 for our family to take the tour (we aren't that big of fans). We did buy charms for the girls and magnets or pins for the boys. We stopped for dinner at an interstate BBQ just off I-40 in Mississippi. The food was good, Kenneth had discovered the restraunt on previous visits to the Memphis airport. We camped just west of Memphis, about 50 yards from the freeway. The campground had the most mosquitoes I have ever seen, the air was so thick it was hard to not kill them. We made short order of getting into the safety of the tent and in the morning we got out by 7:30 AM. (A new record for us) Yesterday (Thursday, as far as I can recon) we drove and drove and drove. We drove across Arkansas, across Oklahoma, across the top of Texas, all the way to Tucumcari New Mexico. Tucumcari has a nicer campground, with cows and horses in the field nearby. Our hearts are cheered by the almost desert that surrounds us After almost 3 weeks on the road we are longing for that beautiful desert that is our home. We do have one last stop... Mesa Verde. We are going to spend the weekend with my brother Jacob and my nephew Noah.