We scored a rare free weekend and flipped a coin to decide whether to go to Memphis! or take Daisy out for the first camping trip of 2012. Memphis! won out after a two-out-of-three flip session. In eastern Arkansas we came upon a double rainbow that just wouldn’t go away. After about 15 minutes of driving with it right outside the window we decided to pull over and partake of its glory.
We really wanted to go to Memphis! in order to eat at Rendezvous. In the past, we’ve gotten over that way at least once a year, but we let three years go by this time. Abby was two the last time we ate the succulent dry-rubbed BBQ, so she didn’t remember just how great it is.
Her eyes fired up when she took that first chomp. And rightly so. The restaurant was hitting on all cylinders that night.
We hit Mud Island the next day. The poles at the marina are marked with the high-water level from last year’s epic floods.
Mud Island is home to a half-mile long scale replica of the lower Mississippi River, which is extremely neato. It’s a great place for kids because they can get in the water and splash around. Abby looks like a giantess standing athwart the mightiest river in North America.
And this guy in a kayak looks like a tiny ant man compared to the full monty of Ol’ Man River.