2/21/14 6:43 AM. Brilliant, blinding sunrise 108 degrees East from our parking spot in Tom Sawyer's Mississippi River RV Park, at the end of 8th street in West Memphis, Arkansas. After heavy winds including a tornado warning yesterday, a river being churned up to whitecaps, all is calm this morning. Tugs and barges continued to ply the river upstream and down yesterday, last night and again today, just a few feet from the west bank in front of us. If you want a precise location as some seem to enjoy, we are 35.7.50 N and 90.9.41 W for coordinates.
The big plus of this park is the location, proximate to both I-55 snd I-40 as well as about 14 miles from downtown Memphis. The minus is that if you depend on park amenities, there aren't many but there is a very good WiFi connection on which we depend for good connectivity. The level concrete pads have good 50 amp electricity, water and sewer hookups. All in all, a good 3-day stop for us as I had some work about 30 miles north in Wilson, Arkansas where plans are afoot for an RV park there. The town is undergoing a restoration and is especially interesting from a historical perspective as well as a fascinating farm economy and outdoor environment in the Delta. Here is a recent article to give you some insight:
Nice to have a leisurely start to a new day, another gift as we prepare to launch toward Orlando where we are due on Monday for a national conference next week. Mapquest says that it's about 800 miles so it's easy to break that up into two or even three days and we will have to see what there might be to see along the way. One option would be to drop down into the Florida panhandle earlier and enjoy some scenery along the Gulf. If anyone has other suggestions or recommendations, please send them along.
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