urbpan: (dandelion)
urbpan ([personal profile] urbpan) wrote2016-09-30 01:54 pm

The Taylor guys go to Memphis!

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The zookeeper conference this year was in Memphis, meaning a new city for us to explore!


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This was one of only cultural things I really wanted to see: Sun Studios, where Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis and other greats recorded their first records.

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It was closed, which meant we couldn't poke around the gift shop, but it made for a nice sunset.

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Then we ended up at this place, part of the beautiful development along the Mississipi River.

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It looks pretty big along this stretch.

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The cylindrical building is a footbridge. The car bridge to Arkansas is in the background.

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Audubon stood here and thought about birds.

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And downriver just a bit, one of the largest pyramids in the world (somewhere between the 5th largest and 10th largest depending who you ask). More about that in the next post!

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