Today we woke up in Memphis Tennessee and headed out for our daily vacation adventures. The first stop we made was an unplanned detour to take a relaxing stroll along the Mississippi River. I managed to show my children that their old dad was still able to outdo them at some of the different exercise stations along the walkway.
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| Mississippi River At Memphis |
After taking our walk, we headed a couple of minutes down the road to the Memphis Pyramid. This is one Bass Pro Shop that no outdoor enthusiast should miss seeing. The main floor has a water feature like no other Bass Pro Shop I've seen. I won't go into too much detail as I would hate to spoil it for anyone who wants to go see it for themselves. I will say that the upstairs features a museum like area that covers the history of Ducks Unlimited. Our children loved the whole experience.
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| The Memphis Pyramid |
Having finished looking around the Pyramid, we headed out to the car and were caught by surprise when the window hinge for the glass on the back door of our Escape decided to come apart on us. This presented a slight problem as I didn't want to have the glass fall out while driving down the road. I managed to get the window latched good enough to limp it over to a Ford dealership where I was told that this problem was not a common problem at all. I decided to inform them that they would probably be a much more profitable company if they did some research when deciding which parts they would keep in stock. My brief research on the subject of hatch-glass hinges told me a completely different story in which this issue is all too common. I wasn't about to spend a couple of days in West Memphis Arkansas waiting on a part so I did the next best thing. I headed down the road to the closest hardware store I could find and bought the widest roll of transparent Gorilla Glue brand tape they had on the shelf. With a little effort to keep the glass in the correct position my wife and I managed to run a couple of strips of tape around the entire window and we were back on the road. Hot Springs Arkansas.....here we come!
- Any day in the outdoors is a good day
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