2018 Aug 16, Road to Southaven, MS

Sometimes we plan trips, and sometimes we just go with the flow. Today was a wing-it day.
Hubby had a heart test at 10:30 A.M., which did not take very long.
He said Have you been to the Train Bridge and seen the mural that is being painted?
I said I had been to the Train Bridge many times, but I hadn't been lately.
So off we go to check out the new mural of a train, which I was told is not finished.

Train Bridge Mural


My Hubby said, 'I do not want to go home.' Have you heard of Southaven, MS? I said we have been through there.

My Hubby said, 'I want to go look at an Entegra Class A diesel, and we can get lunch along the way.'

You know, we traveled this same route last week when we went to Little Rock, Arkansas.
We stopped in Corinth, Mississippi, at Cracker Barrel for lunch.

Cracker Barrel Corinth, MS 

Checker Board at Cracker Barrel 

Lunch Shrimp, Fried Apples with Cornbread! YUM!!

Hubby is eating Pinto Beans, Fried Apples, Cornbread, and Roast Beef.

We traveled west on US 72 to 385, then south on I-55 to Southaven, which is just a short distance from Memphis. We saw countless jets overhead taking off from the Memphis Airport.
We stopped at America's Largest Indoor RV/Marine Showroom at Southaven's RVs.
We looked at two of the Entegra Class A diesel models.
https://www.southavenrv.com/rv/southaven+ms/entegra+classadiesel/4844/entegra+cornerstone+45b

Sitting on display were a couple of Travel Trailers, and I said we have come a long way since the beginning of travel. Hubby and I were watching the Travel Channel, and it said that it was not until the 1960s that the name Travel Trail came to be called RVs.

We usually do not do a lot of shopping, but today was a wing-it day.
Across the highway was the Tanger Outlet, so off we went in that direction.
Mississippi is just as hot in the summer as Alabama. Hubby parked, and we began our journey through the outlets.
I said I would love to have something cold, so Hubby sat down, took out his cell phone, and began looking for restaurants.
In the meantime, I have spotted Blues Markers and guitars dotted throughout the shopping area, and off I go, taking pictures.

Travel Trailer

Travel Trailer

Tanger Outlets 

Flowers at Tanger Outlets

Birthplace of America's Music Blues. Notice the tarps over the walking areas. 

I take over a hundred pictures when I get a call saying Where are you?
By this time, it is hot, so I stop at a vending machine for a Coke.

Children's Play Area Tanger Outlets 

Splash Pad at Tanger Outlets 

We headed back to the car and began our trip home. It was around 4:30, and traffic was getting heavy.
The GPS bypasses Interstate traffic.
We stop at Jack's in Corinth for dinner, Mapco for gas, and Walgreens
We arrive home around 8:30 P.M.