Day 2: Up and out of Virginia at 6:30AM to tackle our first long day.
We started Sunday with the goal of getting to Memphis, where we could enjoy some barbecue and walk on Beale street. But as we faced the prospect of a 15-hour day on Monday, combined with the reports of the stormy winter weather coming from the Southwest and heading for our route, we called an audible and made our destination Little Rock, 2 hours past Memphis.
Highlights of this stretch included:
- Bacon-egg-and-cheese (salt pepper no ketchup)
- Spotting 12 more states license plates (running total: 40 + DC)
- Learning all about Tennessee's vices via the following billboards:
- The State's Largest Gun Shop! THIS EXIT!
- NEXT EXIT: The South's Largest Adult Superstore!
- Tennessee's Biggest Moonshine Selection - DON'T MISS IT!
- Deducing that people actually purchase moonshine - and evidently in large quantity
- Checking off two states (VA, TN)
- Crossing the Mississippi - even if it was dark, it was still clearly large and impressive
- Finding a very dive-y pizza place with great beer and pretty darn good middle America pizza in Little Rock
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| Crossing the Mississippi! |
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