We Saw a Pyramid

Slept well last night because of driving 366 miles that day and having the air conditioner on in the camper.  Up by six, took Sandy for her morning walk and at 7:00 went to the rec room for breakfast.  The food was very good.  Because we were the only ones eating that early, the cook sat in the dining room and talked with us.  She told us that her grandfather was a sharecropper on the land that surrounds the KOA.  She has spent all her life living on this land and in the area.  Her grandmother taught her to cook and she had always been a cook for someone.  Her grandmother taught her well because the food was delicious!

We went into Memphis to see the newest and largest Bass Pro Shop.  Memphis built a 30 story glass-covered pyramid as a tourist destination but things didn't work out that way and the pyramid was closed.  About 10 years ago Bass Pro purchased the pyramid and began to remodel it into a store and hotel.  They built a 25-story free-standing elevator which takes riders to an observation deck and restaurant.  The view of the city is gorgeous.  We spent 3 hours there.

At 4:00 o'clock we went with Don and Peggy to Darrell's home for supper and lively conversation.  All of us ate way too much but when you gather with family, that is to be expected.  Present for the evening were Carol and I, Don and Peggy, Carolyn and her daughter Alana, Jean, Darrell, and Darrell's ex-wife Dely and her boyfriend Bill.  You might think it odd that an ex-wife would join us but Dely is and always been family despite divorce.  She still loves Darrell and has been watching out for him especially now that his health is an issue.  It was good to see her.

The pictures I am posting is of the pyramid.  A few were taken inside and the rest from the observation deck.

This is the 25-story elevator.

The theme of the store is the swamp so the trees are covered with moss and there are huge pools of water filled with fish and alligators.

The I-40 bridge across the Mississippi from Arkansas into Tennessee

One of many barges headed up the Mississippi River.

  

A rare photo of the blogger taken from the observation deck.

The blogger's husband.  

The Memphis skyline.