WHAT'S DOWN WITH THE BREHMS, 8/8/011

Crossing the Mississippi River from Arkansas into Tennessee

GREETINGS FROM TENNESSEE

Howdy Ladies & Genamums. That is the famed Memphis Pyramid right on the Memphis side of the Mississippi. It's been another interesting week. Three States. Arkansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. We are camped at Cherokee Landing, about 50 miles East of Memphis, almost on the border of Mississippi. We are all healthy. Ross gets a little more feeble each day, then all of a sudden he seems chipper for a while. The rig and Jeep are doing great, and we are getting anxious to see my sister and bro in law. The weather has been hot and humid even for the South. Didn't seem so bad when I lived here in the 60's. And it's not really that bad now. Hope all is well with you, and look forward to hooking up with you next time. Love and God Bless, Elvis & Aretha............

THOUSAND TRAILS PRESERVE

Wow, it is incredible how empty all the campgrounds are. Cherokee Landing is a great preserve with full hookups, pool, tennis courts and other ammenities, but there are 6 rigs here in a park with 240+ campsites. 3 of the sites are occupied by construction workers, and three of us are recreational campers. Have never seen anything like this in 10 years of living on the road full time. Fuel prices, unemployment, and threats to Social Security have, I suppose had a major impact. Hope we can turn things around in the next few years.

LAKE CHEROKEE

The lovely, serene, lake that the campground is built around.

CAMP CHEROKEE LANDING

This is us. Talk about plenty of room.

OZARK HIGH RISE

I am a devotee of old buildings. There is something about the history of people who have hewn a home out of the environment, raised a family, a farm, affecting several lives. And now it sits abandoned, but somehow filled with great stories of the past. A memorial to a simpler kind of life.

1850 LOG CABIN

This old homestead was probably once a rather grand home. It was built in 1850, and occupied by the same family until 1904. It is a true log cabin. The caulking is all gone, but the wood logs are still in pretty good shape. There are several out builings and coops adjacent.

LIMESTONE CLIFFS OF THE OZARKS

MOUNTAIN KID'S SWIMMING HOLE

Now is this cool or what? As we hiked through the forest toward the limestone bluffs, we could hear the laughing and screaming of kids. As we came to the edge of the trees, there were all these mountain kids just having a ball.