Today was a bit of a mixed bag. I knew I would be traveling to St. Louis to spend some time with my sister and her family. But I wanted to see at least one more thing before I left Memphis. I originally planned to go to the Civil Rights Museum. But as I was looking to find out what time it opened, I found out instead that it is closed on Tuesdays. That’s a little random, but ok, whatever. I instead decided to go to the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum.
So I drive to the museum, and first, it’s not well marked, and it was hard to figure out where the entrance is. When I get in to the lobby, the (apparently) 1 employee leaves a tour group to come help me. The entrance fee is $10, but when I started to pull out my card to pay, she asked if I had cash, and explained that their card reader uses a dial-up connection and it was down, and so they couldn’t take my card. She told me that I would need to go and get the $10 and come back. As I thought about this, I saw an understaffed, run-down, out-of-date museum, that may not be worth $10, and certainly wasn’t worth the time it would take to find a store to get the money, especially considering a nearly 5 hour drive to St. Louis. So I just left. I don’t know if I plan to try again if I ever get to Memphis.
Anyway, after a disappointing last day in Memphis, I drove to St. Louis. I got to my sisters house and was able to cuddle with my great-niece (grand-niece?) for a while. We then went, and my sister was having family pictures done (no, I didn’t get in any of them) and then we went to Dewey’s for dinner. It was good pizza. However, it’s late, so off to bed, and see what adventures are in store for tomorrow. Happy Road-Tripping!
Ramblings of a Wandering Man 