New Hope, Mississippi

First a couple of notes on Missouri:
      Aptly named establishment!!! (Click on pic to enlarge)

  Then the motel we stayed at later had a sign---cash payment requires picture id and extra $50 deposit and it named 2 counties in MO and 2 in TN that if you were from there would not accept cash.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Original Memphis plans kind of went down the tube----museum at park was closed but gate open so we saw someone taking pictures so went in to take some pictures and boy was this guy not happy with us----said to leave, other photographer was from paper, but got these anyway.

 Then we learned we could not stay at the Pink Palace.

 So we sent to New Hope for a motel but Shirley is facing a challenge on getting onto the

 bed--------

 And Vicki is enjoying the luxury!!!!

Seriously this is the deal with the Pink Palace  (so called because of use of pink marble). Clarence Saunders, founder of  Piggly Wiggly began building his 36,500 sq ft mansion in 1922.  A year later he was bankrupt and it was donated to the city for a museum.  The museum contains 170,000 sq ft.  One of the current special exhibits is about bison----very good museum and lot to see.

        We will be at our destination tomorrow.  So far good weather----but storms around us I guess but sunny for us.


Love from the Grannies----