Peabody ducks and Mud Island

In the morning we drove to downtown Memphis.  We walked into the Peabody hotel for a look around, but it was too early for the famous ducks to be out.  So we walked down to Beale street for a while, then went back to the Peabody. All this to watch ducks get off the elevator!  But now we can say that we did it.  Afterwards we got on the trolly to ride around the city a little.  We ended up at Mud Island and walked along the river layout, which is a small-scale model of the river and some of it’s tributaries.  

The Island also has the Memphis Belle, a WWII Boeing B-17, on display.  

The Island's restaurant was preparing to open to the public the next day, and we were asked to help “train” the staff by ordering a free lunch, up to $20.  Always glad to help!  

After lunch we walked back from the island to the mainland and did a little shopping, including buying some hot peanuts to snack on.  We went through  Schwab’s, whose famous motto is “If you can’t find it at Schwab’s, you probably don’t need it."  And it did seem like they had a little of everything there.

We headed back to the hotel to drop our purchases off, then drove out to Beall's outlet for more shopping.