Knoxville to Memphis (Almost)

We had originally planned to drive from Lynchburg to Memphis today, but my brother Christopher and his wife Bethany live here in Cordova, just a few miles outside of Memphis, with their two kids, Rylee and Brady, and we wanted to spend more time with them today, so that's why we drove to Knoxville last night. We're here at Christopher and Bethany's place, and Rylee and Brady are asleep now. Rylee turned two in June, and she's not quite on top of her list of uncles, so she was calling me Uncle Scott all day. Scott's my other brother, and she just saw him pretty recently, so that explains that, I guess. I think she's pretty much got it now, though. We'll find out in the morning. Here we are with the four Tennessee Walters.The trip down today went pretty well for the most part. I was getting a little sleepy for a little bit while we were listening to an audio book, but once we got to talking and actually hanging out again, I woke back up and got us to Christopher and Bethany's house with no complications. We went out for dinner at Jim n' Nick's, which is a good old southern kitchen barbecue place. You know, we're in Memphis, we gotta get barbecue. It's just what you do. Especially since we're leaving the South behind, and there's a big question mark over the whole getting good barbecue in the future thing. To make the most of our southern food experience, Kirsten had fried green tomatoes for the first time.
Tomorrow is long trip through Arkansas, which I've never been to, Oklahoma, which I've managed to avoid, and a little bit of Kansas, which I have also been spared up until now. I hear it's pretty boring landscape, but all of this discovery of new places has got me pretty pumped, so hopefully my curiosity will keep me awake and interested. We're staying in Wichita tomorrow night, so if anyone knows of any good places to eat there, let me know. Send me an e-mail or call. I'll check in with you tomorrow and let you know everything goes on the road, and I'll probably have some more pictures as well. See ya!

Kent