Faulkner
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I admit, I've never been a fan of the city of Memphis. My grandparents were natives of the Memphis area before they passed on and my mother grew up there. We often visited the area as I was growing up in north central Arkansas and I spent a couple of summers there working with my grandparents business when I was a teenager. I always thought Memphis was a cesspool, an opinion that has not really changed through the years, although there are many surrounding communities that I really like, Collierville for example. But I digress . . . .
My wife and I ventured out of the Ozarks and journeyed over to Memphis to check out the new Bass Pro Shop in the Memphis Pyramid and to meet some friends for lunch there. I gotta tell you, the place is impressive. Until they recently built the new Bass Pro Shop in Little Rock, Arkansas, the closest Bass Pro Shop to me was the original one in Springfield, Missouri. The Bass Pro Shop in the Memphis Pyramid makes the other two look like convenience stores. Even if you're not into hunting and fishing supplies, it's a pretty cool place to browse through, the animal mounts and nature scenes alone are worth checking out. We enjoyed watching feeding time of the live alligators in the indoor stream, and we had to get some fresh made chocolate & peanut butter fudge.
We also rode the elevator to the observation deck and resturant at the peak of the Pyramid. While waiting for the elevator the nice young lady operator told us it was the largest free standing elevator in North America. From the observation deck I snapped the picture below of the Mississippi River looking west towards Arkansas on the far bank.
Lastly, we had lunch at "Uncle Buck's Grill" on the lower level. I highly recommend the "Buffalo & Blue Chicken Sandwich" which was pretty darn good.
My wife and I ventured out of the Ozarks and journeyed over to Memphis to check out the new Bass Pro Shop in the Memphis Pyramid and to meet some friends for lunch there. I gotta tell you, the place is impressive. Until they recently built the new Bass Pro Shop in Little Rock, Arkansas, the closest Bass Pro Shop to me was the original one in Springfield, Missouri. The Bass Pro Shop in the Memphis Pyramid makes the other two look like convenience stores. Even if you're not into hunting and fishing supplies, it's a pretty cool place to browse through, the animal mounts and nature scenes alone are worth checking out. We enjoyed watching feeding time of the live alligators in the indoor stream, and we had to get some fresh made chocolate & peanut butter fudge.
We also rode the elevator to the observation deck and resturant at the peak of the Pyramid. While waiting for the elevator the nice young lady operator told us it was the largest free standing elevator in North America. From the observation deck I snapped the picture below of the Mississippi River looking west towards Arkansas on the far bank.
Lastly, we had lunch at "Uncle Buck's Grill" on the lower level. I highly recommend the "Buffalo & Blue Chicken Sandwich" which was pretty darn good.
