After a good night Danielle and I woke up around 5:30am, I guess going to bed early is nothing for us. Emily followed around 7:30am and she bursted from energy as soon as she woke up.

And after we packed our stuff we got the car from the valet around 9:00am and after filling up with gas and getting ourselves a breakfast for on the road at a Starbucks a long the way we started our drive towards Memphis in Tennessee, a 390 miles/627 km trip.

Since it was a long drive we decided to stop somewhere around lunch and we found a nice mall where we would be around noon. But first we needed to pass the state boarded and enter Mississippi for the second time this trip.

From time to time we are a mobile photo-studio as Emily asks us for a photo in the car, picture please?

The drive was smooth, sometimes we could not even see a car in front of us the long straight Highway. Exactly at 12pm we arrived at the Renaissance at Colony Park mall.

We had lunch at Biaggi’s an Italian place before we shopped at a Lilli Pulitzer store and Emily got to pick some new books at the Barnes & Nobles.

And around 2pm we continued our trip towards Memphis. Emily fell a sleep while reading one of her new books.

Danielle had a quick and easy drive but wait a moment, did she drive to far? For the people not knowing my Siemens office is located in/near Vaughan.

But no we were still in Mississippi, but she did drive us straight into state #13, Tennessee.

And around 5pm we arrived at the hotel. The Holiday Inn is not what it used to be and the restaurant is closed due to several family reunions going on. I guess that explained the good deal we got? It’s just for one night.

For dinner we didn’t do much, Emily wanted Apple slices which we got at a ‘nearby’ Target and Danielle and I went for coffee and a sandwich at a Starbucks.

Soon we called it a night in the birthplace of Rock ‘n Roll!