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All Things Considered => General Discussion--Non food Related => Topic started by: BigDave83 on July 28, 2021, 06:05:38 PM
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The GF has an aunt in Colleyville TX (Fort Worth area) the two of them feel we need to visit so that is what I am doing. Never flown and at 6 foot 350# not sure how comfortable a plane would be. Also I believe the furthest west I have been is Indiana a long time ago. Now they decided that with the things her aunt has going on that we should go in August, yes what is wrong with me, TX in August does not sound pleasant. xxxx it isn't pleasant in PA a lot of the time. So I have a car rented for 2 weeks and we are leaving on August 13 in the morning. I will drop a map link below to show my as of now driving route, which could change if I get some input from the fine folks here, and the Boss agrees to it.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Ebensburg,+PA/Colleyville,+TX/@36.5545729,-92.4359367,6z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0x89cb741ec4e136b1:0x9d3d37135bec27c1!2m2!1d-78.7247426!2d40.4850717!3m4!1m2!1d-81.3896197!2d38.6446998!3s0x8849225d3bba1799:0x21fc69ea72e4ad16!1m5!1m1!1s0x864dd5975a487631:0x2ba175c93a2ebb65!2m2!1d-97.155012!2d32.8809603!3e0
So any tips or things one should look at or see along the way, I am thinking we will be making one or two stops for over night stays each way and that will still give us 4 to 6 days with her family. Looking for suggestions on places to stay (Towns) eateries, sites. you name it I will consider it. I have never really done anything like this, always had a place to go for a reason, usually some sort of shooting competition, this will be a new experience and costly also as the cost of car rentals went from $1200 when they were first thinking of this to $2000 now for a mini van, I may be going the standard SUV route as it would be about $600 cheaper. It will only be 2 of us.
Only limitations really are I don't walk so pretty good anymore, no doubt should have taken better care of my self and not did stupid stuff in my younger days.
Looking forward to the suggestions as I am sure there are people that live close to my travel route that will have some great input, or at least I hope.
A big Thank You to those that choose to play along.
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I see you are going through Memphis, so if you are an Elvis fan there is Graceland for touring. If you are into history/political science, Little Rock is the home of the Clinton Library. I have gone to various Presidential Libraries whether I supported the particular President or not and always found them interesting.
I don't know if you are willing to take an overnight trip while at Aunt's, but San Antonio is a beautiful city and there is the Alamo and the River Walk, including the boat tours of River Walk so not a lot of walking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_River_Walk
Oh, forgot this -- since you are going through Nashville, if you again like history and/or historical homes, the Hermitage (home and plantation of President Andrew Jackson) is there. We visited a few years back and very interesting to get a glimpse of life in that time period.
One more thought, if you like Civil War Battlefields, you could turn due south on 55 at Memphis, down to Jackson, Miss, then turn on 20 to Vicksburg. A huge battlefield and, of course, major turning point in the Civil War. It is also a battlefield that was actually made to be driven instead of walked. Then just continue on the 20 to your destination.
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I spent several days in Nashville back in late April so I know about a lot of musical history sites, museums, etc. and a bunch of breweries there. The BBQ I had in the main strip area was not very good so I would not recommend it.
As for Memphis, I've spent many more days there and know more of the music history sites, museums, art museums, etc., and breweries after my last trip. If you want BBQ, I would highly recommend Central BBQ. They have several locations. Corky's and Rendezsvous are the tourist trap places. I would stay away from them. I've had both over the last 5 years, and will not be going back. I lived there from 1993-1997. Memphis does have a very large Bass Pro Shops store that resides inside the Pyramid which is where Memphis St used to play basketball and where their arena football team used to play prior to the FedEx Arena being built for the NBA team.
Downside to both is that hotel rates are really expensive in their downtown areas and you need to be a little careful where you go once you are outside of those areas.
I do know of a few music history places in Eastern AR too - Helena, West Memphis, and in between - Johnny Cash's boyhood home, Albert King's grave, historical marker by the location where BB King named his guitar, Lucille.
If you LMK more of your interests, I can think of some other places possibly. Those are the only two cities on your drive that I have any experience in traveling to or living there.
Hot Springs, AR is supposed to be really nice. My wife went there back in April and used to go there once a year in the 90s with her Mother and her friends.
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Here are a few maps of things that I plotted from previous trips I have made down there.
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These 2 already made my suggestions! If it was 1983, I could direct you to a Pizza Hut in North Little Rock that served the best pan pizza i have ever had. Not even going by any places I know of where you could get good CFS. Although in Texas, the odds are pretty high almost any place is going to be B+ or better!
When I was coming back from the Jack Daniels Championship in 2012, I had lunch with Papa Tom in the North Dallas area at a place called Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen. I believe they are all over Dallas/Ft Worth(?) area. They had a good crawfish etouffee!
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Okay as of now looking to stay in Elizabeth KY Friday night. then I have 12-13 hour drive to TX. so looking at maybe West Memphis, Brinkley or Little Rock AR Brinkley would put me about half way for another night stay. little over 6 hours by way of Nashville and Memphis, then little over 6 hours to destination. So I figure the KY to AR trip being 6 hours gives me time to look at some things.
And I will always have the return trip in case I miss something I wanted to see. Part of me wants to route the return trip up to St Louis, not sure how much time that would add on, I have not checked yet. I am one of those people that usually doesn't like to come back the same way I went. even when we take day trips around here, I make a right turn out of my driveway and coming home I am making right turn to get back in usually.
I can do some history and like music. i did see the Bass Pro in Memphis on the map. Thinking the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green may be a stop.
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Here are a few maps of things that I plotted from previous trips I have made down there.
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Not sure what all of those little pins are but there are a lot of them.
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Two of the better Nashville BBQ joints are Martin’s BBQ and Peg Leg BBQ with Martin’s being first choice.
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The little pins are places I had on my trip to stop. A lot of them are historical markers related to music. I did a 4 day trip to STL a few years ago over Memorial week so I have info on that if you decide you want to go there. I ate BBQ at two places in STL that I thought was very good - Sugarfire and Salt and Smoke. I think there is a place called Pappy's that I didn't get to make it to that is supposed to be very good too. They only make a limited amount every day and close when they are sold out. Lots of Chuck Berry things in STL.
Most of the pins in MS were of MS Blues Trail Markers - http://msbluestrail.org/blues_marker_list. I've been to all but the last 3 that were placed in late 2019 in the state of MS. I still have a handful of one's to see outside of MS and in Europe. One day I will get to those too.
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When she got home last night I kind of pinned her down on how this was going to work.
So probably try to leave 6 or 7AM on Friday the 13th about 8 hours to get to hotel in Elizabeth KY. Check in is after 3PM I believe so that will give us a little time to check out some things along the way. Then Saturday will be going for a 6 hour drive to Brinkley AR (about mid point to her aunts) so we will have time to see more things along the way to there.
She is excited to get to Nashville to look at music places, so a couple of them would be great. Depending on how it is going I may stop at the Corvette museum as I am still a motorhead, oddly enough I am also a fan of the band Motorhead. I am going to do some research on The Hermitage and see i it is something she would want to go to. I think I would enjoy seeing it.
The San Antonio trip sounds interesting also, not sure we will be able to work that in. But she is really wanting to move down close her aunt, so I am going to try to make that happen. I grew up in PA and have always liked it here, but a few years back health issues made my walking more unstable and harder, so Winter which I used to love now is a nightmare to get out and try to keep from falling on my behind, so a change may be good.
I really appreciate the suggestions and look forward to seeing some of these things, and hopefully some will chime in with some specific music spots or car stuff.
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You are correct about it being hot in August here in Texas. And it is usually humid too, so you can enjoy the both of them. If you decide to come to San Antonio I can give you ideas of places to visit.
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Brinkley, AR
Central Delta Depot
Address:
100 West Cypress Street
Brinkley, AR 72021
Hours Open
8:00 a.m. till 1 p.m.
Located in a restored 1912 Union Railroad Depot on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum contains exhibits honoring musician Louis Jordan, described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "the Father of Rhythm & Blues" and "the Grandfather of Rock 'n’ Roll." Jordan, a major 1930s blues/jazz star, was a Brinkley native. The displays include a bust of Jordan, photographs and a collection of his early 78 rpm records. It also focuses on the Louisiana Purchase survey of 1815 and on area railroads and other facets of local history. Serves as visitors' center for Brinkley and nearby Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park. Also located on the museum grounds is the 100 year old Arkansas Midland-MoPac depot from Monroe, AR and a furnished sharecropper house.
CENTRAL DELTA DEPOT – 100 WEST CYPRESS STREET, BRINKLEY – Phone 870.589.2124
The Central Delta Depot Museum is housed in the Brinkley Union Train Station constructed in 1912 at the heart of the Lick Skillet Historic District. The museum displays a wide variety of exhibits interpreting the natural, social, agricultural, and cultural history of the Arkansas Delta. A permanent exhibit explores the life and career of noted jazz trumpeter and big band leader Louis Jordan, a Brinkley native.
The Central Delta Depot Museum in Brinkley (Monroe County) is an initiative of the Central Delta Historical Society, which was organized in the 1990s to preserve the history and heritage of the central Delta area. The museum’s scope covers all of Monroe and parts of Woodruff, St. Francis, Prairie, Lee, Phillips, and Arkansas counties.
Louise Mitchell, a Kingsland (Cleveland County) native who had taught at Brinkley High School, served as the first president of the Central Delta Historical Society and editor of its journal from 1997 to 2001. In 1999, she led a letter-writing campaign—directed to Union Pacific officials, President Bill Clinton, the area’s congressmen, and others—to save Brinkley’s Union Train Station from destruction so a museum could be established.
Brinkley, located midway between Memphis, Tennessee, and Little Rock (Pulaski County), was ideally situated at the crossing of the Memphis and Little Rock Railroad (later the Rock Island)—the state’s first rail line (completed in 1871)—and the Texas and St. Louis Railroad (later the Cotton Belt), which was laid through the city in 1882. With two other rail lines coming in from the north and south, the city rapidly became a regional shipping center for cotton and timber products and a major point of transfer for rail passengers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The brick train station originally opened on September 16, 1912, and was constructed at a cost of $25,000. Its wing design and size, with freight rooms at each end of the building, made it the most striking of the Rock Island stations between Memphis and Little Rock. Passenger service ceased on the Cotton Belt in 1959 and the Rock Island line in 1967. Because of the bankruptcy of the Rock Island, the train station was closed in 1980. Union Pacific took over operations of the Cotton Belt line and that part of the Rock Island between Memphis and Little Rock.
In February 2001, Union Pacific deeded the station to the city of Brinkley, which later gave a long-term lease for it to the Central Delta Historical Society. The groundbreaking ceremony for the restoration of the depot was held May 4, 2001. Welch Construction Company of Benton (Saline County) had the general contract, and work was completed in 2003. The museum opened in May of that year.
The Central Delta Depot Museum is a museum of general history, with an emphasis on the stories of the Rock Island and Cotton Belt rail lines that crossed at Brinkley. The museum gets some support from the city of Brinkley but otherwise depends on admission charges, donations, fundraisers, and grants to finance its operation.
On the museum grounds is the approximately 100-year-old frame depot that at one time was located at Monroe (Monroe County) on the Missouri Pacific rail line that connected Brinkley to Helena (Phillips County). Still another rail line, the White and Black River Railroad (owned in later years by Rock Island), provided service from Brinkley to Jacksonport (Jackson County).
Other features of the museum are the furnished tenant farm house and the Southern Pacific caboose built in the 1980s, one of seventy-five ordered by the company, the last purchase they made of that car. The museum also features photographs and exhibits on Brinkley native and blues musician Louis Jordan, as well as a collection of his early 78 r.p.m. records.
The museum serves as the visitors’ center for the Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park, located just off Highway 49, about twenty miles south of Brinkley. The Choo Choo Ch’Boogie Delta Music Festival is held on the grounds of the museum each spring.
Central Delta Depot Museum and Visitor’s Center Brinkley was a major railroad center from the 1880s unto the 1960s. The Memphis and Little Rock Railroad (Arkansas’ first rail line) was laid through town in 1871 and in 1883 what became known as the Cotton Belt” rail line (St. Louis Southwestern Railway) arrived. In addition the Batesville and Brinkley Railroad (later known as the White and Black River Valley Railroad) appeared in about 1880, and also the Arkansas Midland/Missouri Pacific Railroad, connecting Brinkley to Helena. In the early days low-lying areas in eastern Arkansas and frequent flooding made movement by land of natural resources, merchandise and travelers a big problem. Steamboats operating on the White and St. Francis Rivers and smaller streams were the only solution, until the Memphis-Little Rock rail line was constructed, allowing rapid movement out of the region for timber by-products and cotton. Today museum visitors get a close-up view of the many Union Pacific freight trains that pass through town. The Central Delta Depot Museum, located in Brinkley’s Union Train Station, constructed in 1912, strives to tell the story of the region’s rail system and the settlement and development of the area through donated and loaned objects and photographs.
Louis Jordan Marker
Address:
100 West Cypress Street
Brinkley, AR 72021
Marker honors Brinkley native Louis Jordan who studied music with his father and made his first professional appearance at Hot Springs Green Gables Club at age 15. During the 1930s Jordan worked with well-known bands from Philadelphia to New York and toured with Ella Fitzgerald. He was known as "The King of the Jukebox." He penned such favorites as "Choo Choo Boogie," "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby," "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens," and "Saturday Night Fish Fry." Jordan also appeared in several movies that featured his music and toured Europe and Asia during the 1960s. listen to recordings of him playing the alto sax at the Central Delta Depot and Museum. A stop on the Arkansas Delta Music Trail: Sounds from the Soil and Soul.
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AR
Albert King Gravesite
Address:
Minnis Dr. off Ark. 147
Edmondson, AR 72332
Levon Helm Marker
Address:
U.S. 49
Marvell, AR 72366
Levon Helm was born in 1940 near Elaine, Arkansas and grew up in Marvell and Turkey Scratch, west of Helena. Helm gained fame as a founding member of The Band, a group that fused blues, country, rockabilly and folk music to create a distinctly unique sound at a pivotal time in the development of American rock ‘n’ roll music. Another marker honors Helm at nearby Turkey Scratch, a stop on the Arkansas Delta Music Trail: Sounds from the Soil and Soul.
LEVON HELM – AR HIGHWAY 243, TURKEY SCRATCH
Levon Helm was born in 1940 near Elaine, Arkansas and grew up in Turkey Scratch, west of Helena. Helm gained fame as a founding member of The Band, a group that fused blues, country, rockabilly and folk music to create a distinctly unique sound at a pivotal time in the development of American rock ‘n’ roll music. (Interpretive marker only)
Dreamland Ballroom
Address:
800 West Ninth Street
Little Rock, AR 72216
http://dreamlandballroom.org/
Located on the top floor of Taborian Hall, now Arkansas Flag and Banner; listed on the National Register of Historic Places; has played host to such musicians as Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra, B. B. King, The Blues Boy, Lloyd Armon and Swingsters, Duke Ellington, Jimmy Witherspoon, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzie Gillespie, Nat “King” Cole and His Trio, and Arkansas natives Al Hibbler and Louis Jordan. Currently undergoing restoration. Special events held throughout the year. Group and individual tours available with prior notice.
Tours are schedule on a month-by-month basis. Typically, two Saturdays are chosen every month for tours from 1PM - 3PM. Check this page or our Facebook page for exact dates and times each month.
Tours are 45 minutes - 1 Hour long and two will run back-to-back on the given tour date. Tours involve a walk around the Taborian Hall to show case the outside architecture and discuss the history of the halls tenants and businesses. Your visit then continues up the three floors to the Dreamland Ballroom. There is no elevator in the building.
Contact Us about setting up a private tour for yourself, a group, or organization if you can't make a prescheduled tour.
For a brief overview of Taborian Hall and Dreamland Ballroom's history visit our History page.
For more information on renting the ballroom for a private party or non-profit event visit the Rentalspages.
Johnny Cash Home
Address:
110 Center Drive
Dyess, AR 72330
http://dyesscash.astate.edu/
Hours: Tours begin at 9 a.m. with last tours of the day at 3 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays
Ray Cash brought his family to Dyess in 1935 when President Roosevelt's administration created Dyess Colony in Mississippi County, a space for farming families and an experiment in American socialism. With no money down, the Cash family was given 20 acres of fertile bottomland and a five-room house in which to live. The house was seen in the motion picture "I Walk the Line." Now owned by Arkansas State University, the house has been restored. The restored admin building contains exhibits related to the establishment of the colony, lifestyles of typical colonists, and the impact that growing up in Dyess had on Johnny Cash and his music. Come visit the home of Johnny Cash and see the restoration efforts that have preserved this unique American farming community and the childhood of an American music icon.
MISSISSIPPI COUNTY ROAD 924 WEST, DYESS
When Ray and Carrie Cash moved to Dyess seeking opportunity during the New Deal, this house where Johnny and his siblings grew up was the family’s first new home. Much of the famous singer and songwriter’s inspiration came directly from the fields and his upbringing here in Dyess Colony. Johnny Cash was one of America’s most influential musicians with a career that spread across gospel, country and western, rockabilly and rock ‘n’ roll genres and earned him induction into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, Songwriters, Rockabilly, and Arkansas Entertainers Halls of Fame. (Interpretive marker only)
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Nashville
166 2nd Ave N - Christmas Day 2020 explosion - some sites may have significant damage
Charlie Daniels Museum - 110 2nd Ave N CLOSED
George Jones Museum - https://georgejones.com/museum/ - 128 2nd Ave N TEMP CLOSED - Open Daily from 10am-8pm - $17
BB King's Blues Club - 152 2nd Ave N - Sun-Mon 11am-12am, Fri-Sat 11am-2am - https://www.bbkings.com/nashville/ TEMP CLOSED
Gibson Tribute Guitar Wall Mural - 213 3rd Ave N (across Printer's Alley from Skulls - 222 Printers Alley) COVERED UP
Printer's Alley - https://www.nashvilledowntown.com/go/printers-alley - right behind Courtyard Marriott hotel
Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar - 220 Printers Alley - Mon-Thu 11am-1:30am, Fri-Sun 11am-3am - https://www.bourbonstreetbluesandboogiebar.com/
Hard Rock Café Nashville - 100 Broadway - Sun-Thu 10:30am-12am, Fri-Sat 10:30am-1am
- https://www.hardrockcafe.com/location/nashville/#utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Yext&utm_campaign=Listings
Visitors Center and Music City Marketplace - 150 4th Ave N
Chet Atkins Statue - Phillips Plaza - 254-268 5th Ave N (corner of 5th and Union)
Gibson Guitar Gallery - 318 Broadway
Legends Mural on Lower Broadway - 428 Broadway (Legends Corner)
Birth of Bluegrass Marker - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=24069 - Ryman Auditorium - 116 5th Ave N
Captain Thomas Ryman Statue - 116 5th Ave N
Little Jimmy Dickens Statue - Ryman Auditorium - 116 5th Ave N on 4th Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=117816
Bill Monroe Statue - Ryman Auditorium - 116 5th Ave N
Roy Acuff and Minnie Pearl Statue - Ryman Auditorium - 116 5th Ave N
Ryman Alley - https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ryman-alley - https://www.nashvilledowntown.com/go/ryman-alley
Ryman Auditorium - daytime self guided tours are open
- https://ryman.com/?utm_campaign=ryman&utm_medium=organicsearch&utm_source=googlemybusiness&utm_audience=tofu_googlemybusiness&utm_content=brandstory_google_my_business_website_link
Johnny Cash Museum - https://www.johnnycashmuseum.com/ - 119 3rd Ave S - Open Daily from 9am-7pm - $20.95 + tax with $1 AAA discount
Patsy Cline Museum - https://www.patsymuseum.com/ - 119 3rd Ave S - Open Daily from 9am-7pm - $18.95 + tax with $1 AAA discount
Ernest Tubb Record Shop and Statue - 417 Broadway - CLOSED Mon-Wed, Thur 10-8 - https://ernesttubb.com/
Nashville Visitor Center - https://www.visitmusiccity.com/plan-a-trip/travel-resources/visitor-centers
- 501 Broadway (5th Ave S & Broadway inside glass tower at Bridgestone Arena)
- Mon-Sat 8am-5:30pm, Sunday 10am-5pm
Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame - http://tshf.net/ - 501 Broadway - Tuesday-Sunday 10am-4pm, Closed Monday - $3
National Museum of African American Music - 510 Broadway - https://nmaam.org/ - Thur-Sun 11-5:30
Music City Walk of Fame & Nashville Music Garden - https://www.visitmusiccity.com/walkoffame/
• 121 4th Ave S
• Johnny Cash
• Steve Cropper
• Charlie Daniels
• Jimi Hendrix
• Kid Rock
• Little Richard
• Sam Moore
• Roy Orbison
• Les Paul
• Elvis Presley
• Hank Williams Sr
Johnny Cash Mural - 300 4th Ave S
The Hatch Experience - https://hatchshowprint.com/ - 225 5th Ave S - Open Daily from 10:30-4:30 CLOSED TUESDAYS
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum - https://countrymusichalloffame.org/ - 222 5th Ave S - Open Daily from 9am-5pm
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame - http://www.nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/ - 201 5th Ave S
Kid Rock's Big xxx Honky Tonk Rock n Roll Steakhouse - 221 Broadway - https://www.kidrockshonkytonkandsteakhouse.com/menu
Johnny Cash's Kitchen & Saloon - 121 3rd Ave S - http://www.cashkitchenandsaloon.com/
Sun Records Diner - 105 3rd Ave S (Elvis Related) - https://sundinernashville.com/
• MSCMM Nashville Marker on Music Row - http://www.mscountrymusictrail.org/markers/nashville
• 1111 16th Ave South and Edgehill Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=160771
• http://www.mscountrymusictrail.org/pdfs/nashville.pdf
• In front of Big Loud building
• Warner Chappell Production Music - 1030 16th Ave S
• Elvis Presley's Recording Room - 1611 Roy Acuff Place
• Historic RCA Studio B and Historic Marker - 1611 Roy Acuff Place
• Elvis Heartbreak Hotel Guitar - 1611 Roy Acuff Place
• Owen Bradley Statue - Music Square East off circle at Demonbreun and Division Streets
• Owen Bradley's Quonset Hut and Historic Marker - 34 Music Square East
• Bradley Studios - 34 Music East Square - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=59523 - Columbia Studio A
• Screaming Monkey Music - 30 Music Square West
• Carnival Music and Dueling Cowboys Mural - 24 Music Square West
• Warner Music Nashville - 20 Music Square East
• Spence Manor - 11 Music Square East
• BMI Building and Historic Marker - 10 Music Square East
• Sony/ATV Music Publishing Inc - 8 Music Square West
• ASCAP - 2 Music Square West
• Owen Bradley Park and Statue - 1 Music Square East
• Music Row - 1 Music Square E - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147532
• Musica Statue - Roundabout Plaza - 1600 Division St
• TailGate Brewery Music Row - 1538 Demonbreun St
• McGavock Street Studios RCA Victor - 1525 McGavock St
• Welcome to Nashville Guitar Mural - 1504 Demonbreun St
• Giant Microphone Statue - Demonbreun St and Music Row (Music Row)
• Nashville's Music Row - 16th Ave South, Nashville multiple addresses (1225, 1227, 1301, 1303, 1305, 1308) - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147548
• The Rock Block - 2208 Elliston Place, Nashville - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=158328
• Hattie B's Hot Chicken - Midtown - 112 19th Ave S - https://hattieb.com/ - M-F 11am-10pm
Northwest of Nashville:
Charlie Cushman - 325 Commerce St, Clarksville, TN - https://www.visitclarksvilletn.com/articles/post/clarksville-unveils-two-tn-music-pathways-markers/
The Roxy - 100 Frankin St, Clarksville, TN - https://www.visitclarksvilletn.com/articles/post/clarksville-unveils-two-tn-music-pathways-markers/
North of Nashville:
Patsy Cline's Dream House - 815 Nella Dr, Goodlettsville, TN 37072 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=146002
Odom's Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc - 1145 Neelys Bend Rd, Madison, TN 37115 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147698
Earl Eugene Scruggs - 1400 TN-6 (Gallatin Pike South US-31E 1.3 miles north of Briley Parkway (TN-155), Madison, TN 37115 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=163420 (near Odom's TN Pride Sausage Marker)
Odom's Tennessee Pride Country Sausage - 1391 Gallatin Pike South, Madison, TN 37115 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=163417
Smith-Carter House - 1100 Gibson Dr, Madison, TN 37115 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147478
Northeast of Nashville:
Randy's Record Shop - 118-130 North Water Ave south of West Franklin Gallatin, TN 37066 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=68441
Home of Johnny Cash - 700 Johnny Cash Parkway, Hendersonville, TN 37078 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=154959
Restoring the Orchard - 185 Caudill Dr, Hendersonville, TN 37075 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=151864
The Cash Home - 198 Caudill Drive, Hendersonville, TN 37075 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=151865
The Orchard - 185 Caudill Dr, Hendersonville, TN 37075 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=151862
Johnny Cash Marker graves (Hendersonville) - 353 E Main St, Hendersonville, TN 37075 - https://visitsumnertn.com/explore-johnny-cash/
William Owen Bradley - 990 TN-52W, Westmoreland, TN 37186 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=151857
East of Nashville:
Charlie Daniels - 1075 Charlie Daniels Parkway, Mount Juliet, TN 37122 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=154960
DeFord Bailey - Carthage Highway E of Old Rome Pike, Lebanon, TN 37087 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=151560
South of Nashville:
WSM Broadcasting Transmitter & Antenna - 8056 Concord Rd Brentwood, TN 37027 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=145744
Sam and Kirk McGee - 6670 Cool Springs Rd, Thompsons Station, TN 37179 (Peytonsville, TN)
Southeast of Nashville (35-40 miles towards Chattanooga):
"Uncle Dave" Macon - 5066 Woodbury Pike, Murfreesboro, TN 37127 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=146750
Uncle Dave Macon - 312 S Front St, Murfreesboro, TN 37129 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=90691
Chris Young - 319 Friendship St, Murfreesboro, TN 37132 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=166467 in front of Chris Young Café on the Middle Tennessee State University Campus includes a mural on the wall
Middle Tennessee Center for Popular Music (Murfreesboro) - Bragg Media and Entertainment Building, 1301 E Main St, #140, Murfreesboro, TN
Charles Faulkner Bryan - 112 S Court Square - McMinnville, TN 37110 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=83052
Uncle Dave Macon - E Court Square - McMinnville, TN 37110 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=37592
West of Nashville:
Loretta Lynn's Ranch - 8000 TN-13, Hurricane Mills, TN 37078
Patsy Cline Plane Crash Memorial (Camden) - West of Nashville - 2082 Mt Carmel Rd, Camden, TN
Southwest of Nashville:
James D Vaughan Museum (Father of Southern Gospel) (Lawrenceburg) - 31 Public Square, Lawrenceburg, TN
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Memphis
West Tennessee Delta Heritage Center - 121 Sunny Hill Cove, Brownsville, TN (Exit 56 off I-40)
Monday to Saturday 9am-5pm. Sunday 1pm-5pm
- Sleepy John Estes Home
- Tina Turner Museum (schoolhouse)
- West Tennessee Music Museum
- ~70 miles each way
Barretville - Bobby Blue Bland Historic Marker
Arrive at Westin Hotel after 5pm
Go to Memphis Rock n Soul Museum to check on Backstage Pass Tour Tickets and Sun Studio Shuttle due to uncertainty of bus to Stax Museum and using tickets on the same day
Check Sunday and Tuesday list of sites
Check Beale St music schedules
Hard Rock Café pictures of interior and beers
Beale St dinner, drinks, maybe music
Tennessee Welcome Center - 119 Riverside Drive
Peabody Hotel - 149 Union
First Recording Studio - 50 Peabody Place
George Hunt Blues Mural (The Sound of Memphis) - 3rd at Peabody Place
BB King Boulevard Third St
Memphis Blues Trail Marker Third and Gayoso
MS Blues Trail Marker in front of FedEx Arena
Orpheum Theater and Sidewalk of Stars
Blues Hall of Fame - 421 S Main
D'Edge Gallery / George Hunt Studio - 550 S Main St
Center for Southern Folklore - 119 S Main
Memphis Music Hall of Fame - 126 S 2nd
Beale St Brass Notes Walk of Fame
Statue of Elvis - 115 Beale St
WC Handy Park and Statue
Handy House - 352 Beale St opens at 11am-4pm
Furry Lewis home at 4th and MLK
Gibson Guitar Factory Tour - 145 Lt George W Lee
Bobby Bland Statue - MLK & Main
Beale Street Historic Markers 1-6
Little Milton Statue - S Main near Huling Ave
Ernestine & Hazel's - S Main & GE Patterson
Memphis Poetry Panels - S Main south of Ernestine
Aretha Franklin's Birthplace Home picture - 406 Lucy Avenue
Royal Studios picture - 1320 Willie Mitchell Boulevard
Memphis Slim Collaboratory picture - 1130 College Avenue
Could do Stax Museum here depending on story from tickets/shuttle if so leave to be here for 10am
Johnny Cash 2nd Memphis Home picture - 5676 Walnut Grove
Elvis Home on Audubon picture - 1034 Audubon Drive
Dixon Gallery opens 10am - 4339 Park Avenue
Brooks Museum opens 10am - 1934 Poplar Avenue
Levitt Shell - Elvis first rock and roll concert
Johnny Cash Tutwiler Home picture - 2553 Tutwiler Avenue
Crosstown Brewing depending on time opens noon - 1264 Concourse Avenue
Central BBQ depending on time - 2249 Central Avenue
Wiseacre Brewing depending on time opens 1pm - 2783 Broad Avenue
Shangri La Records - 1916 Madison Avenue
Ardent Studio picture - 2000 Madison Avenue
Peabody Hotel - 149 Union
First Recording Studio - 50 Peabody Place
George Hunt Blues Mural - 3rd at Peabody Place
BB King Boulevard Third St
Memphis Blues Trail Marker Third and Gayoso
MS Blues Trail Marker in front of FedEx Arena
Orpheum Theater and Sidewalk of Stars
Blues Hall of Fame - 421 S Main
D'Edge Gallery / George Hunt Studio - 550 S Main St
Center for Southern Folklore - 119 S Main
Memphis Music Hall of Fame - 126 S 2nd
Memphis Rock and Soul Museum
Sun Studio
Elvis Experience Tour
Beale St Brass Notes Walk of Fame
Statue of Elvis - 115 Beale St
WC Handy Park and Statue
Handy House - 352 Beale St opens at 11am-4pm
Furry Lewis home at 4th and MLK
Gibson Guitar Factory Tour - 145 Lt George W Lee
Driving Tour:
Elvis teenage home - 185 Winchester Ave #328
Poplar Tunes picture - 308 Poplar Avenue
American Sound Studio picture of historic marker - 827 Thomas St
Jerry Lee Lewis
- 4908 East Shore Drive - cousin's home
- 4752 Dianne Drive - 1st Memphis Home
- 1595 Malone Rd, Nesbit, MS - current home and ranch
Stax Museum - 926 E McLemore Ave 10am-5pm if don't make earlier in the week
Beale Street Area and Related Historic Markers:
Cobblestones - 35 Union Ave (and Wagner St) - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=148901
Schools for Freedmen - S Main St and Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=82858
The Lee Sisters - S Main and Gayoso - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=129505
Union Ave - 82 S Main St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=151241
Farnsworth Building - 88 Union Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=148904
Barboro Grocery - 99 S Main St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=148962
Lansky Brothers - 126 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63367
Pee Wee Saloon - 126 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=9302
Hooks Brothers Photography - 163 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=32512
The Grand Opera House / The New Orpheum Theatre - 203 S Main St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=148900
Danny Thomas - 182 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=154265
The Blues Trail from Mississippi to Memphis - 191 Beale St (3rd and Lt George W Lee Ave) - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=82863
Nat D Williams - 310 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=13748
Rufus Thomas, Jr - 310 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=9303
Ida B. Wells - 310 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=9306
Benjamin Franklin Booth - Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=162725
George Jackson - 323 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=162727
The Gillis Brothers - 330 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147558
Chop Suey Café / Chinese Merchants on Beale Street - 352 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147552
Memphis Home of WC Handy - 352 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=3240
Beale Street Baptist Church - 379 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=148899
Solvent Savings Bank - 386 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=48758
Phi Beta Sigma / Abram Langston Taylor - 418 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63343
George W Lee - 512 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=55501
Beale Street #1 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=107601
Beale Street #2 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=108221
Beale Street #3 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=107598
Beale Street #4 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=107596
Beale Street #9 -
Beale Street #10 -
Beale Street Historic District - walkway between Beale St and Lt George Lee Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=47904
Cobblestone Landing - Riverside Drive in Jefferson Davis Park - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=88262
Civil War in Tennessee - Riverside Dr and Jefferson Ave (Tennessee Welcome Center) - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=55313
Memphis, TN / Mud Island - Riverside Dr Mud Island Mississippi Riverwalk - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=115006
First Baptist Church, Lauderdale - 682 S Lauderdale - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=89009
First Baptist Church - 200 East Parkway North (near Poplar Ave US-72) - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=86577
Second Presbyterian Church - 4055 Poplar Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=63365
Edward Shaw - 775 Walker Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=121433
Robert R Church - 978 Walker Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=140747
Ernest C Withers House - 480 W Brooks Rd - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=114545
Lemoyne Owen College - 1041 Louisa St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147547
Robert Karriem - 726 E McLemore Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=149016
The Lynching of Ell Persons - 5404 Summer Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=103638
The Lynching of Ell Persons - 5484 Summer Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=105947
1. Midtown (Poplar Ave area) and Central Gardens (Central Ave)
a. Brooks Museum - 1934 Poplar Avenue - Fri 11-4, Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5 - https://www.brooksmuseum.org/
b. Wiseacre Brewing - 2783 Broad Avenue - Fri 1-10, Sat 1-10, Sun 1-6 - https://wiseacrebrew.com/
i. Gotta Get Up To Get Down - Coffee Milk Stout
ii. Memphis Sands - Lager
iii. Neon Brown - American Brown Ale
iv. Starless - Schwarzbier
v. Quiet Man - Stout - Irish Dry
c. Shangri-La Records - 1916 Madison Avenue - Fri-Sat 11am-6pm, Sun Closed
d. Huey's - 1927 Madison Ave - Fri-Sun 11-11:30pm - https://hueyburger.com/
e. Overton Square - Madison Ave and Cooper - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=116680
f. Central BBQ - 2249 Central Ave - Fri-Sat 11-9, Sun 11-8 - https://eatcbq.com/
g. Zippin Pippin / Libertyland (Elvis) - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=106354 - 946 East Parkway S
h. Johnny Cash statue at site of first performance - 999 S Cooper - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=163943
i. Goner Records - 2152 Young Avenue - Sun 1pm-5pm, Mon-Sat 12pm-7pm - appt only as of 3/13 901-722-0095
j. Memphis Made Brewing - 768 Cooper Street - Fri 4-10, Sat 1-10, Sun 1-7 - https://www.memphismadebrewing.com/
i. Fireside
ii. Red Handed
iii. Drew's Day Off
iv. Orange Drewlius
v. Memphis As Truck
vi. The Judge
k. Robert Johnson Mural - 1578 US-78 (Lamar and Willette across from Valero)
l. Taliesyn Ballroom, 1447 Union Avenue.
m. Antenna Club Historic Marker - 1588 Madison Ave (Currently the Renaissance) - 19 S Willet St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=147605
n. Russwood Park Marker (Elvis) - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=116293 - 910 Madison Ave
o. High Cotton Brewing - 598 Monroe Avenue - Fri 4-9, Sat 12-10, Sun 12-8 - http://highcottonbrewing.com/
i. Scottish Ale
ii. Mexican Lager
iii. Porter
iv. Belgian Golden Ale
2. East Memphis
a. Dixon Gallery - 4339 Park Avenue - Fri-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5 - https://www.dixon.org/
b. SKIP Memorial Park Cemetery gravesites - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/15595/famous-memorials
i. Bobby Blue Bland
ii. Ronnie Caldwell
iii. Donald Duck Dunn
iv. Larry Finch
v. Marshall Grant
vi. Jimmy Arthur Griffin
vii. William E Justis Jr
viii. Shawn Lane
ix. Charlie Lea
x. Andrew Love
xi. Clyde Lee McCoy
xii. Sam Cornelius Phillips
xiii. Charlie Rich
3. South Memphis
a. Stax Museum - 926 E McLemore Ave - Fri-Sun 10-5 - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=116284
b. Robert Karriem - 726 E McLemore Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=149016
c. Memphis Minnie's House - 1355 Adelaide St
d. Jerry Lee Lewis - 4908 East Shore Drive - cousin's home
e. Jerry Lee Lewis - 4752 Dianne Drive - 1st Memphis Home
f. SKIP New Park Cemetery gravesites - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/16314/famous-memorials?page=1#sr-6972800
i. Johnny Ace
ii. James Carr
iii. Carl Lee Cunningham
iv. Al Jackson Jr
v. Phalon Jones
vi. Jimmy King
vii. Terdell Middleton
viii. Lewis Steinberg
ix. Rufus Thomas Jr
x. Bukka White
g. Graceland - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=138 - 3764 Elvis Presley Blvd
h. Elvis TN State Marker - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=9509 - 3764 Elvis Presley Blvd
i. Ernest C Withers House - 480 W Brooks Rd, Memphis, TN - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=114545
j. SKIP Hollywood Cemetery gravesites - https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/13519/hollywood-cemetery - Walter Furry Lewis
4. Downtown
a. Robert Johnson Home Related:
i. 291 E Georgia Ave - home of sister Carrie
ii. Rear of 285 E Georgia Ave - home of his stepfather
iii. 728 Hernando St - home of his sister Carrie
iv. 337 St Paul Ave - home of his sister Carrie
b. BB King's - 143 Beale St - Fri-Sun 11-10 - https://bbkings.com/memphis/
c. King’s Palace Café – upstairs is location of Robert Johnson photograph - 162 Beale St
d. Danny Thomas - 182 Beale St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=154265
e. Dyer's Burgers - 205 Beale St - 11-Midnight - http://www.dyersonbeale.com/
f. Palace Theater state historic marker - 324 Beale St
g. Old Daisy Theater - 327,329-331 Beale St
h. New Daisy Theater - 330 Beale St
i. Monarch Club - 340 Beale St
j. Handy House - 352 Beale St opens at 11am-4pm
k. Solvent Savings Bank - 386 Beale St - WC Handy's music studio was on 2nd floor - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=48758
l. Church Park Auditorium Marker - 391 Beale - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=107386Original
m. Church’s Park - Beale and 4th St - 412 Beale - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=82845
n. First Black Radio Station Marker - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=116723 -112 Union Ave
o. Piggly Wiggly site - 75 Jefferson Ave - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=88646
p. Start of Casey Jones’s final ride - Front St and Poplar St - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=6862
q. The Cotton Museum - 65 Union Ave, Memphis, TN - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=116725
i. https://memphiscottonmuseum.org/ - closed as of 3/13
r. John Grisham - 65 Union Ave, Memphis, TN - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=116357
s. The Hole in the Wall - 150 Monroe Ave, Memphis, TN - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=148960 - Bon Ton Cafe
t. D'Edge Gallery / George Hunt Studio - 550 S Main St - https://georgehuntart.com/
u. Center for Southern Folklore - 119 S Main - Fri 11-6, Sat 2-11, Sun Closed - https://www.southernfolklore.com/
v. Central BBQ - 147 E Butler Ave - 11-8pm - https://eatcbq.com/
w. Huey's 77 S 2nd St - Fri/Sat 11-11, Sun 11-10 - https://hueyburger.com/
x. Flying Saucer Draught Emporium - 130 Peabody Place Fri/Sat 11-Midnight, Sun 11-11 - http://www.beerknurd.com/locations/memphis-flying-saucer
y. Wiseacre Brewing - 398 S BB King Blvd - Fri 1-10, Sat 1-10, Sun 1-6 - https://wiseacrebrew.com/
i. Gotta Get Up To Get Down - Coffee Milk Stout
ii. Memphis Sands - Lager
iii. Neon Brown - American Brown Ale
iv. Starless - Schwarzbier
v. Quiet Man - Stout - Irish Dry
5. Uptown
a. Mallory-Neely House - 652 Adams Ave - https://www.memphismuseums.org/historic-houses/about/mallory-neely-house/
b. Poplar Tunes Historical Marker - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=87025 - 306-308 Poplar Ave - Poplar Ave and North Lauderdale St
c. Humes High School Alma Mater of Elvis Presley - 659 N Manassas St, Memphis, TN - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=148624
d. Isaac Hayes Historical Marker - - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=87970 - 1111 N Manassas St
e. Plastic Products Record Plant Hub of Rock N Roll - 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis, TN - https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=149041
f. Crosstown Brewing - 1264 Concourse Avenue - Fri/Sat 12-10, Sun 12-8 - https://crosstownbeer.com/
i. Sedeci Coffee Stout
ii. Double Bird Imperial Coconut Donut Stout
iii. Crosstown Brown Ale
iv. Solstice Stout
v. Siren Blonde Ale
vi. Dog Days Pink Lemonade Shandy
g. Hernando de Soto bridge - I-40W
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Probably too much information, but I just copied and pasted right from my OneNote collection of my agendas for my trips over the last few years.
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Probably too much information, but I just copied and pasted right from my OneNote collection of my agendas for my trips over the last few years.
That is fine, i will sort through it. Thank you. The Brinkley stuff, not sure about as it will be Sunday morning when we leave there.
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I got nothing. Looks like you have plenty of suggestions already.
I took the same trip, but I was moving from Delaware to Roanoke, Texas (not far from Colleyville), so no time for sightseeing.
Two overnight stops to rest/sleep, and just gas/food stops.
Don't know if you have a Radar Detector, but they are illegal in Virginia. You can't even have one in the vehicle.
Texas Toll roads are something to be wary of.
I don't know if this is still a problem, but the article below was a woman's nightmare in 2016.
She wasn't the only one. One guy had to pay over $4,000.
I have been "attempting" to communicate with the TXTag Toll office via email/phone since October 17, 2016. I emailed to ask why I had received a bill with interest added onto a toll fee that should have been automatically paid by the card on file with them that I had set up with autopay to avoid receiving bills. I was responded via email to be informed that they were looking into my inquiry and they would get back to me with their findings. a month later, I still hadn't heard back, so I messaged them again stating that I was still waiting to hear from them, with no response until December 19th, 2016.
The response was short, generic and not an actual answer, they attached a pdf stating that the reason I was charged a toll fee was because my vehicle had never been registered with a TXTAG account. (Which is odd, considering my vehicles had been registered an working with the TXTAG sticker for over a year at this point. One day, the sticker just stopped working and my fees weren't being removed from my sticker any longer, causing the balance to build, unbenounst to me until I received a large bill.)
In the meantime, my husband called the TXTAG office when we got new license plates to see if that was why the stickers had stopped working on our account, and they told him that no, the new plates would automatically be switched over and the stickers would begin working with the new plates.
I then emailed them again saying that their email didn't answer my questions, and was incorrect information, that I would like them to give me the contact information for someone who would actually be able to help me, and they never responded. I logged into my account and paid the fees so that they wouldn't continue to escalte, as they had gone from $32 to over $160 in the time I was waiting to get my issue resolved and my tags up and running again so this wouldn't happen again. I paid a balance of $162, and an additional balance that had apparently acrued on my other vehicle for $180 (I avoid the toll roads at all costs, so I am not sure how I could owe so much money) and figured that had resolved the issue at least, so I wouldn't have any additional headaches later.
I then received a bill in the mail for over $500 that reportedly was from a "separate account" , however I had paid both of the accounts off and hadn't used the toll road again in that time. I thought maybe it was a mistake, and the amount I had paid hadn't been adjusted and once they finalized my payment on their end, that it would clear up, however I then received another bill in the mail shortly after for over $2000, because apparently my account had been sent to collections, and collections was adding on interest, even though my bill was received as a TXTAG bill, not a collections bill, and when I made a minimum payment on this to keep interest from continuing to accrue, the payment went to TXTAG NOT the collections agency, meaning that the collections agency is continuing to add late fees, even though I have paid off TX TAG for the balance they sent to collections, and additional money.
I went to the "Customer Service" office, and received no assistance on any of the issues, and they asked why I was paying them the $162, $128, and $189 payments that they had billed me, since those were due to collections, and not them..... sooo, basically when I attempted to pay the amounts I "Owed" them, via THEIR website that showed I had a balance owed, none of it was even going towards my bill, causing it to continue to acrue fees/interest when I have been trying to resolve this on my end LONG before it spiraled out of control like this. The women at the office said there was absolutely no one there who could do a thing for me (after being denied the priviledge to talk to a manager) I was sent on my way saying that this was something I would have to try to beg the collections agency to work with me on, and see if I could talk them down on the fees. I asked them mulitple times if there was someone at the office who could write a letter on my behalf to the collections agency, in order to show that I had been attempting to work this out with them before the bill was even sent to collections in the first place, and stating that I had paid them the specified amounts that were sent to collections to begin with, in order to resolve the issue with them and they wouldn't write anything, nor would they let me speak with a manager. They gave me a 1-800 number to call, and the collections agency to deal with the issue myself, even though she had said that she saw my payments and wasn't sure why I had submitted the payments to them since I didn't even owe them anything.
I am beyond irritated with this whole ordeal, and I will be avoiding the Texas Toll roads at all cost from now on. I do not wish to ever give them another penny with the horrible service I have recieved from them.
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I saw on my map the only toll roads were once I got to TX, so I was going to find a away around them anyways.
Are they well labeled? You are not just driving along and then all of a sudden find you some how have gotten on one?
She wants to move down there, housing prices look crazy to me, then trying to figure out the taxes. I was looking at some realtors and there were $400K houses with about the same land size that were cheaper than some houses going for $250 to 300K Maybe after my trip I will not want to move there.
Really appreciate the info. No radar detector. I take my chances, I am pretty lucky and if I get caught, I am upset but figure it is pennies per infraction because I break the law almost every time I drive.
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The toll roads are well marked that I have seen. There are some around Austin, but not San Antonio.
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I've seen a couple of recommendations of Central BBQ. I'll pile on there too as long as it's the Central Ave. location.
Craig's BBQ in DeValls Bluff AR. You'll have to get off I-40 before DeVall's Bluff and get back on after as there is no exit there.
Whole Hog Cafe(as mentioned in Peace, Love, and BBQ) in Little Rock and N.Little Rock. Both are good. They have a website
Lindsey's Hospitality house in NLR. A good selection of soul food sides. They have a site too.
David's Burgers. Several locations in Central AR. Daily hand ground Chuck burgers with hand cut twice cooked fries. Website too.
Sims' BBQ in LR. Mustard sauce, white bread BBQ. Another website.
The Faded Rose. As good as Cajun/Creole gets this far from New Orleans. $$$ Also a website.
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Hot Springs
The Arlington Hotel. Grand old hotel thou a bit tired. Good restaurant with a Friday(?) night seafood buffet and a Sunday brunch worthy of mention. With a website.
Trejo's Mexican
Jose's Mexican
Don Juan's Mexican
All have multiple locations and websites.
Rod's Pizza. Has a website.
McClard's BBQ. Legendary BBQ Joint. Has a website. Hint - Try the half spread tamale plate.
Stubby's BBQ second to McClard's but normally good. Website too.
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Well the trip is over, really appreciate all of the suggestions, we had plans on stopping at a few of them. Plans never really work out well for me, as we drove she saw things and said we should stop there and that is pretty much how it went. Time was never on our side, neither was the weather at times with all of the rain encountered along the way.
We did hit Hillbilly Hot Dogs in WV I remember seeing it on one of the food network shows a long time ago, interesting place what I had was good but its a hot dog/sausage kind of hard to mess it up. She saw Kentucky Down Under a little zoo thing so we stopped there on Saturday as well as a small General Store, by the time we got to Nashville it was 4:30 and she had asked about how far the motel was when she found out it was still 4 hours away she did not want to do anything but keep going. Sunday was all about getting to her Aunt's house, she saw Buc-ee's and we had to stop there so that was an hour, then she needed something and she said there is Walmart, so yes I drove 1200 miles to go to Walmart, I usually only go to one close me maybe twice a year if that. Along the way we needed to stop so she could get out for bathroom and smoke breaks, I was not aware that she got so antsy sitting, so instead of just stopping for gas we had to make stops in between.
We did go to the Stockyards in Fort Worth to see the cattle drive they put on every day and hit a few little shops there for some things to bring home for her family, went to ATT Stadium so she could buy a crapload of Cowboys stuff, visited some more of her family that was a short drive away. Just drove around some looking for things to do and getting lost in the area, so much road construction in the area.
Trip home was about the same, had to stop at Buc-ee's again, then another little place not sure of the name sold little souvenirs, gas and had some different foods. Stayed in Brownsvill TN on the first night got up Saturday looking for a little breakfast place, apparently people do not eat breakfast on Saturday mornings there, as the only choices were fast food places. We did find a little Donut shop so she was happy. Had sen a sign on the way down for a Tina Turner museum and discovered it was kind of right behind the hotel we stayed at so we went there while waiting for an old classmate who lives in Clarksville to get back to me. Then we set off to see him and drove through the floods that they had there Friday night Saturday morning. Then to the next motel in Elizabethtown KY. Sunday was all about getting home no stops were planned and she found out her Uncle had passed Sunday morning, she was hoping to get home to see him before that happened.
Discovered that when the map shows your destination 8.5 hours away it is going to take you 11 or 12 minimum, and that is driving well over the speed limits.
We ate a several places along the way, Culvers, really liked that, Reggies BBQ in Jackson TN, she had her first Waffle House experience, sadly it was not a good one, she wanted to go to Whataburger as they used to go there when she was little, nothing special to me, went to an In and Out I liked it was Steak and Shake with a different name. her family ordered brisket and ribs for the first night there, both were very good, they took us to a nice Mexican restaurant one night that was great, her Aunt made something they call chicken enchilada because she knew she liked it, and they bought strip steaks one night I did them on there grill with huge baked taters and tomatoes. Found a Hardees on the way home, wanted to try Jack in the Box but didn't find one when it was time to eat. Culvers had the best burger of the trip. Hit another BBQ place The Hogs Trough in Grayson KY, it was good also but not as good as what we had at her Aunt's.
She wants to move to TX, I don't think I would mind, although it was in the 90's when we were there and they said it is usually 104 or so was never a fan of the heat but when it is 95 I guess another 10° really isn't going to make much difference. Trying to find a house will be my issue, most seem to be on .25 or smaller lots, not a fan of being that close to neighbors.
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She wants to move to TX, I don't think I would mind, although it was in the 90's when we were there and they said it is usually 104 or so was never a fan of the heat but when it is 95 I guess another 10° really isn't going to make much difference. Trying to find a house will be my issue, most seem to be on .25 or smaller lots, not a fan of being that close to neighbors.
We lived north of Ft Worth in Roanoke. Wife was terrified of the tornado warnings so we moved out of TX.
I was OK with it, really liked the house we had built. But... happy wife, happy life.
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I would urge going back there a few more times during different times of the year before you decide to make the leap. Moving is very expensive and having to do it soon after you get there if you decide you don't like it could be costly.
As for your last trip, did you go inside the Tina Turner museum? The day I drove from Memphis to Nashville and went by it the museum was closed. I knew that but stopped anyway to take some pictures.
As for fast food burgers, Culvers have been my favorite too. Have not had one in a few years since I have not been back to the Chicagoland area since Nov 2019 for work.
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I would urge going back there a few more times during different times of the year before you decide to make the leap. Moving is very expensive and having to do it soon after you get there if you decide you don't like it could be costly.
As for your last trip, did you go inside the Tina Turner museum? The day I drove from Memphis to Nashville and went by it the museum was closed. I knew that but stopped anyway to take some pictures.
As for fast food burgers, Culvers have been my favorite too. Have not had one in a few years since I have not been back to the Chicagoland area since Nov 2019 for work.
I can live with just about anything, I used to really love winters in the southwest PA mountains, now that I have difficulty walking well I don't love them so much any more. I imagine we will have to make a few more trips, moving will not be easy, I have to much stuff. Plus a lot of things to figure out and get in order.
Yes we went in, it opened at 9am I think. The main building had several smaller rooms, one for the Cotton industry, one for the rivers and habitat, it had a few aquariums and some other items like old depth equipment, a huge mount of an alligator snapping turtle, some insect displays. A room with musicians from the area or maybe just TN, Carl Perkins, Tina, Koko Taylor, TG Shepard, hank Williams Jr, Billy Wier, had some Elvis stuff on loan to them. Then there are two out buildings, one was the last home of Sleepy John Estes, and the other was the school building where Tina went to school, both were moved there. The school building is where the Tina stuff is, a lot of costumes, records, a case with books on her and some articles about her, a beautiful violin and it had a video playing of a concert. The back part was the school desks and some other items from the school, there was a video playing telling about it and it came to be. Apparently someone bought it and used it as some sort of storage building or barn for a while.
The Culvers we ate at was in Elizabethtown KY on our first night, we were tired and just looking for something quick and easy.
There were a lot of things along the way I would like to go back and see,, a few railroad museums, we past the Makers Mark distillery, would have liked to have stopped there. Past a lot of other distilleries also, did not imagine the size of the aging sheds were so large.
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She wants to move to TX, I don't think I would mind, although it was in the 90's when we were there and they said it is usually 104 or so was never a fan of the heat but when it is 95 I guess another 10° really isn't going to make much difference. Trying to find a house will be my issue, most seem to be on .25 or smaller lots, not a fan of being that close to neighbors.
We lived north of Ft Worth in Roanoke. Wife was terrified of the tornado warnings so we moved out of TX.
I was OK with it, really liked the house we had built. But... happy wife, happy life.
I saw where Roanoke was on the map when I was looking for semi affordable housing. From talking to the GFs Uncle, there is nothing cheap or affordable right now, he works in banking and with construction companies, they have lists of people wanting houses before they are complete, he said that people pay well over asking price for some places because they want one so bad. He told me that it can't sustain this pace for ever and that in a couple years there will be a lot of bargains. I was looking for places out a bit like Saginaw, Azle, Heston. Odd the family didn't mention tornadoes.
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You probably drove through Jackson, TN. There is a Casey Jones Museum there if you are into railroads.
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I lived through 3 boom and bust cycles in LA and then Vegas. My home in Vegas sold in 2005 in a bidding frenzy for $350,000. I bought it in early 2010 in a short sale for $150,000. I can guarantee there are a lot of folks panicking and overpaying right now. In a couple of years there will be bargains to be had.
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You probably drove through Jackson, TN. There is a Casey Jones Museum there if you are into railroads.
I think that was one of the signs I saw. I guess I am in to just about anything with a motor, not to the point of I gotta see this, but more of if I have time I would like to have a look.
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The home of Casey Jones is located there. In Memphis, there is a historical marker for the place where Casey Jones started his last ride.
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I lived through 3 boom and bust cycles in LA and then Vegas. My home in Vegas sold in 2005 in a bidding frenzy for $350,000. I bought it in early 2010 in a short sale for $150,000. I can guarantee there are a lot of folks panicking and overpaying right now. In a couple of years there will be bargains to be had.
Houses are are scarce here. People are bidding over the asking price.
My friend who's a Realtor, said one house had 28 bids on it.
Dave, don't forget to check Real Estate taxes.
TX doesn't have a State Income Tax, so the make it up in Real Estate taxes.
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we past the Makers Mark distillery, would have liked to have stopped there.
I went through the distillery in 2003 I thing it was. Still have the unopened bottle of bourbon I bought there.
Was pretty cool.
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Definitely check property taxes Dave. Ours have almost doubled since we built our house in 2012. It is from a school district bond election that passed a couple years ago that no one I know was for. I see no reason for a high school to need a 3 million dollar turf football field and the teachers to not get paid a decent salary.
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Real estate investor of 23 years here. Just like the total cost of attendance at university is not the same as tuition (fees, travel, books, room, board), total cost of ownership is key.
We're still at a great point in time for interest rates, and frankly I think that's driving ... not an irrational exuberance in real estate, but simple inflation across the board.
check taxes, check utilities, check maintenance, check HOA fees (all these are potentially big in Texas). (Price) Mortgage or cash financing is the easily definable piece of the equation.
DK
PS and since this will be your primary residence, finances aren't the most important thing. If you are happy there, then go for it.
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I lived through 3 boom and bust cycles in LA and then Vegas. My home in Vegas sold in 2005 in a bidding frenzy for $350,000. I bought it in early 2010 in a short sale for $150,000. I can guarantee there are a lot of folks panicking and overpaying right now. In a couple of years there will be bargains to be had.
Houses are are scarce here. People are bidding over the asking price.
My friend who's a Realtor, said one house had 28 bids on it.
But scarcity is cyclical also. When I sold in 2014, I received 15 bids and took the one for $20,000 over asking. A few years later in Vegas, bidding wars were over because they started building again. I understand they are back. Always a cycle it seems.
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One of the challenges now is that there is not as much building because cost of labor and supplies have increased dramatically. Always an ebb and flow. I do agree that interest rates are driving a lot of the sales because if you had a high rate previously you could have got a larger home for the same mortgage payment potentially. I read some stat this week that I think it was over 1 million homes that needed to be built to provide enough inventory to start driving down prices on existing home sales. That might take a while, and where will they be built? One other thing driving this I think is people working from home. It has enabled people to move away from where they work, challenged them to get a bigger home to have one or two home offices, etc. People from large, expensive property cities are moving to suburbs hours away or even hundreds to thousands of miles away from their place of employment.
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With Texas Football. Surprised it was not double that.
I see no reason for a high school to need a 3 million dollar turf football field and the teachers to not get paid a decent salary.
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With Texas Football. Surprised it was not double that.
I see no reason for a high school to need a 3 million dollar turf football field and the teachers to not get paid a decent salary.
My old high school is putting in a turf field. The school has about 120 kids in the graduating class. They have only won 3 or 4 games in total the last 3 years or so. A local hospital is paying for it to obtain the naming rights and sponsorship. School will funnel all athletes threw their hospital system where they can.
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One of the challenges now is that there is not as much building because cost of labor and supplies have increased dramatically.
Not here, building like crazy. Guess due to the shortage of houses.
Side note, may have been mentioned before, but states with legalized Pot have housing prices going up by about 17%.
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I lived through 3 boom and bust cycles in LA and then Vegas. My home in Vegas sold in 2005 in a bidding frenzy for $350,000. I bought it in early 2010 in a short sale for $150,000. I can guarantee there are a lot of folks panicking and overpaying right now. In a couple of years there will be bargains to be had.
Houses are are scarce here. People are bidding over the asking price.
My friend who's a Realtor, said one house had 28 bids on it.
Dave, don't forget to check Real Estate taxes.
TX doesn't have a State Income Tax, so the make it up in Real Estate taxes.
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we past the Makers Mark distillery, would have liked to have stopped there.
I went through the distillery in 2003 I thing it was. Still have the unopened bottle of bourbon I bought there.
Was pretty cool.
The taxes are one of the big things I look at, does no good to buy a house that you can't afford the taxes on. I am spoiled here about 1200 a year, last house was under 1K. I am seeing most in the 4K area on taxes.
MM was my drink of choice when I used to drink more than I do now. I still have a bottle here, along with a few other things I liked. I needed to be careful as I knew I liked the taste far to much and that could have lead to bad places for me. I had seen others in those places and told myself I didn't want to be there.
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I am not one wanting in where there are HOA fees, that HOA xxxx doesn't even look fun. before I bought what I have I looked at property not far away. I liked the spot was really considering buying the lot, then the realtor whips out this 3 page deal telling me how big my garage can be and how big an out building can be, I needed to maintain something like 20 trees on the property that were 8+ inches in diameter. That was just a few things I remember, I told her I will not be buying this. To this day I do not believe there has been any homes built in that area, mine would have been the first.