Here are some images from the city of Lynchburg, Tennessee. It has such a cool feel and some stunning historic design features. We loved spending time walking around and talking to the locals:
After dinner in Lynchburg, we got back on the road. We passed through Alabama and Mississippi briefly, which was every shade of awesome. We've noticed that there is a strange emphasis on selling fireworks out here. There are huge shops every ten miles or so housed in these giant supermarket sized warehouses. I guess there are a lot of holidays to celebrate?
Also ubiquitous here are the fast food restaurants. Everywhere you look, there's a Wendy's, an Arby's and a McDonalds. It would be very easy to turn into Morgan Spurlock out here, so we're all trying to eat well whenever possible. We've certainly enjoyed some fine cuisine in southern diners.
After a few hours on the road, we stopped several times to get a place for the night. Unfortunately, none of the motels outside Memphis had vacancies. As the black highway stretched out before us, we decided to press on with the final 90 or so miles. It was a long stretch and we were pretty tired by 11pm. We ended up pulling off the Interstate at Memphis International Airport and getting rooms at the Radisson there. Now I know why Marc Cohn was Walking in Memphis. He was looking for a hotel.
The good news is that we're now ahead of schedule and we did some time travel too. Memphis is six hours behind, so we get an extra hour in bed! Big fat win! Let's celebrate with fireworks!
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