Thursday the 4th grade class went on a field trip to ride the Memphis Queen II riverboat and visit Mud Island. Nana and Grandaddy spent the day with Mollie Grace and Annie so that I could go.
On Wednesday night, Nana and Grandaddy took us out to eat at a hibachi restaurant. The kids had never been to a hibachi place before and loved it.
Nana made Mollie Grace, Annie, and their dolls new pjs.
We went down the Mississippi River, under the I-55 bridge and then made a circle back to the dock. It took about an hour. The riverboats do not move quickly.
While we rode the boat, we learned about the history of Memphis.
We crossed the highway and the river on the pedestrian walkway to Mud Island.
Terrible picture of Ben's class. Hopefully some mama will post a better one on Facebook.
Mud Island has a really cool scale model replica of the Mississippi River and includes maps of major towns along the river. Ben is walking across the Hernando Desoto Bridge (I-240) in Memphis into Arkansas.
Standing on the toe of Louisiana.
The Mississippi River Museum includes a replica of a steamboat.
This is the furnace of the steamboat.
We went up this moving sidewalk to an area about the Civil War along the Mississippi River.
Thursday night Ben's team had a soccer game so Nana and Grandaddy got to watch him play.
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