Forrest City to Memphis

I took a drive over into Memphis today, I'd heard about a Spring Fair taking place in a town just south of the city so I went to try and find that first. I did find it but it had either closed up early (because of the storm) or just doesn't happen on a Sunday. I drove back into the downtown Memphis and took a walk down Beale Street which was teaming with people. The street was closed off and down the centre three lanes were marked out. It was Wine Race Day, this is when the various bar tenders get together to race up and down carrying trays of wine and glasses. They do it in a relay and each time a team member runs they add a bottle of wine and a glass, the bottle has to be opened and a glass poured. By the time the 4 person runs the 100 yards there are 4 full(ish!) glasses and 4 bottles of wine on the tray. The fact that some of them appeared to have had a little dutch courage before hand I'll think you get the idea of how many actually complete the course! A large dark cloud started to roll in so I headed back to the car ( plus I wasn't going to drink and drive) Just as I got back to the car the heavens opened and I headed back over the River Mississippi into Arkansas 'cos the hotel tax is about 8% less than Tennessee, and the hotels are on average $10 cheaper there too!

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