Savannah Tn to Saulsbury Tn

Thur. In town we went to the Tn. River Museum. What we liked most of the Museum was how they made shells to buttons. We drove around town and saw the Cherry Mansion a house where Grant stayed before the fighting. Then saw several mansions before going to Hagy"s Catfish Hotel.

They drill the shells then put smalll holes to make buttons

 The view from Cherry Mansion looking down the Tn. River

Cherry Mansion where Grant and some of his men stayed

one of many mansion in Savannah Tn

Outside Restaurant

View looking down the Tn. river from restaurant

 

Fri. we traveled to Saulsbury Tn. to a 1000's trails park. Out of 339 sights there are 6 rv's here.  The sight is nice with a huge pool and many amenites. Sat. There was a big rainstorm last night we woke up this morning with 67 degrees weather and a light drizzle.  Happy we made it with no problems. After our bible study we went on our first bike ride. I am happy Linda gets to know her bike better.  This is the first time she has shifted geers on a bike.  Sun. we met alot of folks at church. A couple invited us to sped the day with them on Tues.  We left for Bolivar where we had lunch at a mom and pop place. Then drove to Whiteville, Hickory Valley, Grand Junction, and Saulsbury.  If the speed limit did not slow us down we would not know we were going through a town!!  The closest Walmart is 30 miles away.

Mon. we went to Memphis.  We saw alot of the town and it did not seem to be clean.  Alot of the places we went in smelled.  We did see this  baseball park.

 

The town is full of music legends.  The father of the blues Willam Christopher Handy.  It was here that Handy published one of the first popular blues song, "The Memphis Blues" which linked the city and the sound from that point on and earned him the nickname Father of the Blues.A statue of Handy holding his trumpet presides over Beale Street at the W.C.Handy Performance Park.

Beale Street is the history district and home of the Blues with more than 25 clubs and shops. also around it you have the Gibson Guitar Factory and the A. Schwab the oldest family owned store.

 

You also have Elvis the " King of Rock and Roll"

BB King is " King of the Blues"

There were many Historical points we saw like the Civil War park, we looked at the Mud Island which was closed, and the place where Martin Luther King was shot.  The highlight was the St Jude Children Hospital.  It told of the history of Danny Thomas and family and how his dream to build the Hospital. St. Jude hospital began with a promise made by Danny Thomas.  Unsure about his future he prayed to St Jude," the Saint of hopeless causes" saying "Show me my way in life and someday I will build you a shrine." I need a sign.  He was in church praying because he needed $70 to get his wife and baby out of the hospital.  Placing $7 of the $10 he had.  He prayed to St. Jude again saying "I need that back times 10.  The next day he got a call to do a commercial for $75.  He got his sign and his career took off.  He never forgot that day.  In 1950's he started to propose a hospital dedicated to curing catastrophic childhood diseases where no family would have to pay.  His dream  became reality in 1962.

 

1962 diagnosis for Hodgin lymphoma and in 2007 he returned to hospital to participate in the St., Jude Life Study of long term survivors.He is the longest living patient.

 

 

 

On the way out of town we ate a Tom's Bar-B-Q  a place that " Guy " featured on his his tv program "Diners Drive- N  Dives"

 

 

 

Tues. we went to Karen and Royce Jones home and they drove us to see parts of the county. There are many old homes, and parts of the civil war with an empty farm (Ames Plantation) that has slave quarters.( Could not download pictures at this time. sorry)    Wed. we caught up on alot of things including washing the truck and 5th wheel.