We left 743
early so we would have as much time in Memphis as possible. We were only seven miles from the
landing we were aiming for and made it there with no problems and little barge
traffic. As we passed under the
I-40 bridge, we made for the left bank, only to find that our ‘boat ramp’ had
obviously been out of commission for a while. We managed to pull the boat up on to the concrete remnants
of the ramp and headed up. We
found ourselves in a closed down park/convention center surrounded by barbed
wire and under repairs. We met a
very nice lady at the gate who said it was fine to leave the boat where it was
and that she’d be around to let us back in. Unfortunately, the area had no power, so we couldn’t charge
the phones and all three of us headed to a Save-a-Lot the gal directed us too.
It
was a roughly two mile walk and the area went from high-end, riverside condos
to rough ‘hood pretty quick. I
waited outside with Lilly while Aaron went in to resupply. After what seemed like ages he finally
emerged with a huge supply of groceries.
Since towns had become so scarce, we wanted to get as much as possible
in Memphis. We hauled our load
back to the boat, stopping for a coveted Subway sandwich on the way and had
lunch in the sunshine by the boat.
It took forever to pack everything away, but we’d be set for quite some
time.
Afterwards
we headed out, but only made another five miles and stopped at 731 for the
night. It was just 12 miles for
the day, but we had a good resupply and were ready for a break after our town
adventure.
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