Day 10 - Memphis to Carthage

July 10, 2015  •  5 Comments

Today we travelled back from Memphis to a small town called Carthage so that we were back on Route 66.

The journey was 407 miles on very boring interstate highways.

This was the most interesting thing we saw during our 6 hour journey today.

After setting off at 10am we arrived 6 and a half hours later at around 4:30pm when we checked into the amusingly named Precious Moments Hotel. It is filled with a group of more than 15 Australians also doing Route 66.

Carthage has a historic 66 drive-in. We went along and watched two films (Inside Out and Jurassic World). It was great again to immerse ourselves in American family life as the majority of the people there were families who brought along picnics and chairs to sit in the back of their pickup trucks and watch the films.


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Christine(non-registered)
Loving the photos can you not get a.anything else from burgers lol
Mary(non-registered)
Hi To you both, I have just sat and have gone through all of your photos it looks amazing,I'm so pleased for you both. one thing I will say is it looks like it's back to walking each day on your return to burn off the BURGERS !!!!
PhotoSpar
Sue, Do the gherkins in the burgers count as a vegetable? We did have a burger free day yesterday although the Southern Fried Chicken we had was not exactly a healthy option.
Georgie Blake(non-registered)
Great name for the hotel! Love the photo of the hallway.
Bill & Sue Barnes(non-registered)
Question from Sue: Have any vegetables or fruit been sighted / eaten on this road trip so far????
Loving the pics, can smell the burgers from over here!
Enjoy all those different views and flavours.....
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