~~~ Barges on the Mississippi ~~~

Susan at A Southern Daydreamer is our wonderful host for "Outdoor Wednesday". If you are interested in this event head on over to Susan's place....There is a link on the logo picture....go visit more Outdoor Wednesdays and learn what it is all about. Join in the fun.....
Thank you very much Susan

One of the things we love to do the most while we are here at Tom Sawyer's Mississippi River RV Park in West Memphis is to sit by the bank and watch the tugboats go up & down the Great Mississippi... We see so many different kinds and wonder what are they hauling and where are they going. There are small ones and big ones and long ones and short ones. It doesn't matter to us we love them all! I hope you enjoy my pictures of all the different tugs & barges that we see each day while we are here.

Alyssah enjoying the view and a small tug unloading it's haul at the docks

After sitting around working so hard watching the tugs & barges we finally worked up an appetite. Well back to my list of Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives we chose to go to Uncle Lou's Fried Chicken... We enter the address into our GPS and off we go. We finally arrive and it is in a strip mall & looks kind of iffy to me BUT I say let's go in. Guy Fieri would not steer us wrong would he??? Well he didn't! First thing I notice when I walk in there sits Uncle Lou just a smiling and welcoming us to his restaurant (DIVE). I got so excited you would have thought I was looking at Johnny Depp. After we took a picture with him I got so bust chatting about his debut on TV and all I took no other pictures... He has his original and his spicy sweet love sauce that you can have on the chicken... you can even choose both and we did... all I can say is that was some of the best chicken I have ever had. If that wasn't enough his biscuits are baked to perfection and then dipped into a honey sauce... OMG! I thought I had died and went to heaven. SO if your ever here and want some fine fried chicken go there...

Do not be afraid it is so good you will not regret it.

Here are the only two pictures I took... That Uncle Lou had me all excited...

Isn't he just so cute and cuddly like a little teddy bear.

Here is a picture of the food but I got it off the Internet because I forgot to take one... DUH!

Also if you want to see Uncle Lou's on TV again he'll be on the Best thing I ever ate with my fingers on the Food Network August 11th at 8:30 pm

Well it was another great day and just look at the beautiful moon pictures I got...

See the barge in the first one and how about the beautiful reflection

on the river in the 2nd one

I sure hope you liked my barges and if you want to see them

closer just double click on any of the pictures

Until Later

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm!!!!

First things first... Here is my usual something pink... Flowers for all my girlfriends. A gentle but nagging reminder about calling your GYN and scheduling that ever important check up... If your a man please make your wife call her doctor...

Now on to the other stuff... When we got up yesterday morning we had fully intended on going into Memphis but I woke up with such a sinus headache we postponed it to Thursday... After some really strong meds I felt a a lot better so we went outside to sit and you know, do nothing... Then the Mac Daddy of all barges came down the river... This load was so big it had 3 barges pushing it and what looked like a riverboat on the side... Ralph said it was the equipment that they use to dredge out the channels in the river... Anywho here are some photos of the barge & tugs.

These following pictures are all on Barge... Double click on the first picture and you will see the entire Barge and tugs... The second picture will show you the 3 tugs pushing from the rear... it looks like 2 but if you enlarge the picture you will see a tiny tug in the middle.

THESE NEXT 4 PHOTOS ARE THE SAME BARGE JUST DIFFERENT AREAS. SEE THE BIG RED ONE DOESN'T IT LOOK LIKE A OLD FASHION STEAM BOAT...

Next is the strangest vehicle I have ever seen in any RV park in 40 years of camping... It is made by UNICAT and it looks like a garbage truck to me but I understand it is a 4 wheel drive all terrain vehicle that can keep occupants comfortable in temperatures ranging from 70 below to 130 degrees Fahrenheit. This one had an entire section that raise up to make a second story.

Now I know you may not be interested in this BUT maybe your DH's will enjoy seeing it... It is sure a different way to go but in my opinion these people have more money the sense.. Still looks like a garbage truck to me... I might be wrong...

Well raining today and if it stops we definitely are hitting the city of Memphis... we are going to go into town and take the trolley around and of course go to Blues City Cafe for those RIBS... If not we always have tomorrow

Until Later