Down The Mississippi

Our favorite restaurant in Memphis Tennessee is the Rendezvous Ribs in the alley across from the Drake Hotel.

Another nice thing it wasn't till I was stationed near here in the 70's that I really learned about the Mississippi and this great town. The following two photos show the river at its normal level.  The first is shooting across a small channel off the Mississippi to Mud Island you can see some of the  river boats at the base of the Levey.   The second photo is looking north up the canal it shows the height of the Levey and remember the river overflows this Levey every few years.

Good memory photos.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.

Vegies and More

It is winter so its time to take some more photos of vegies (Brussels Sprout) to start getting ready for summer.  The following two vegetables keep well uncooked.

 

Here is a pepper.

 

Diversion Dams are common out west.  In the east they get their water from rain, out west we get it from snow melt off the mountains. 

 

Out Our Front Door (Overland Trail Stage)

Visited one of the Overland Trail Stage Stops at Point of Rocks Wyoming.  The main house and office has been rebuilt and is a Historic Site in Wyoming.  In the second half of the eighteen hundreds
there were stage coach stops every ten miles or so to change out the horses and every fifty miles a place to rest and make repairs.

 These markers are placed across the State along the route and are a reminder of past travelers.

Out Our Front Door (old log)

Summer was too short now in December, I look back on warmer weather and plan for our Christmas break.  This is a photo from a stream that feeds into the North Platte River in Eastern Wyoming in the summer.  It is forty degrees today and I hope it holds till the next snow.