St. Charles Parks & Recreation Memphis & The King Oct 27-29, 2017 Itinerary

Transcription

1 St. Charles Parks & Recreation Memphis & The King Oct 27-29, 2017 Itinerary Friday, October 27, :30am Depart Blanchette Park, St. Charles, MO for Dexter, MO with rest stop and coffee - donuts in route. 11:00am-12:30pm Lunch stop at the Hickory Log Restaurant. Hickory Log 1314 W. Business U.S. 60 Dexter, MO Phone: Since 1953 family owned Hickory Log has come to be known for having the best barbecued ribs in the mid-west. They cook their ribs the old-fashioned way, outdoors on open brick-walled pits, with only a real hickory wood fire. This slow real wood cooking along with their blend of special seasoning & spices makes these ribs, well finger licking good! Menu Buffet Entrée: Barbecue Ribs (Pork) Sliced Sirloin Beef Sides: Baked Potatoes Baked Beans Cole Slaw Beverage: Iced Tea, Soda, Coffee Dessert: Cake 12:30pm Depart for Horn Lake, MS 3:30pm Check into lodging for two-night stay. Drury Inn & Suites-Memphis-Southaven 735 Goodman Road West Horn Lake, MS Phone: :30-7:00pm Dinner at Drury Inn 5:30 Kickback 1

2 Saturday, October 28, :00am-10:00am Breakfast at your leisure at our hotel. 9:00am We will be making a trip north to Memphis for the day with several location options for our travelers to choose. It will be the travelers choice of where they would like to visit. 9:30am Arrive at Southland Park and drop off any travelers that would like to spend some time at Southland Park Gaming and Greyhound Racing! We will pick these travelers up at approximately 3:15pm. Southland Park 1550 N. Ingram Blvd. West Memphis, AR Phone: Enjoy poker and blackjack tables, over 1,900 gaming machines, including video poker, and live greyhound racing-as well as a wide range of simulcast thoroughbred and greyhound races from the premiere tracks around the globe. For more than 60 years Southland Park has provided the thrill of pulse-pounding excitement for generations of Mid-Southerners. Post Time for live Greyhound Racing 1:00pm. ~Admissions on Your Own~ 9:45am Arrive at the Peabody Hotel near Beale Street and drop off any travelers that would like to spend some time in downtown Memphis. We will pick these travelers up at approximately 8:00pm. Peabody Hotel 149 Union Avenue Memphis, TN Enjoy the annual RiverArtsFest Festival being held in downtown Memphis during our visit on Saturday. The RiverArtsFest is a street celebration of fine arts and fine local music with live artist demonstrations and hands-on art activities for all ages! Nearly 200 artists from around the country and right here at home gather to exhibit and sell their latest works of original fine arts in what s become the largest outdoor juried artist market and 2

3 urban street festival in the Mid-South. Booths featuring original works for sale will line South Main from Huling to Webster. A juried festival, artists apply each year to participate and finalists are selected by our volunteer panel of judges. RiverArtsFest features three music stages and strolling performers throughout the day from 11:00am to 7:00pm. ~Admissions on Your Own~ Or perhaps you will want to visit the Historic Peabody Hotel and witness the daily Peabody Duck March. How did this 90-year tradition begin? Well, in 1940 a Bellman by the name of Edward Pembroke volunteered to care for five mallard ducks. Pembroke was given the position of Duckmaster and served in that position until He taught the ducks to march into the hotel lobby, which started the famous Peabody Duck March. Every day at 11:00am, the Peabody Ducks are escorted from their penthouse home, on the Plantation Roof to the lobby via elevator. The ducks, accompanied by the King Cotton March by John Philip Sousa, then proceed across a red carpet to the hotel fountain, made of a solid block of Italian travertine marble. The ducks are then ceremoniously led back to their penthouse at 5:00pm. If you go, be there early for a prime seat! And, of course if you go to Memphis you must try one of the local famous Memphis Barbecue Restaurants located throughout the downtown Memphis area. Memphis-style barbecue is one of the four predominant regional styles of barbecue in the United States, the other three being Carolina, Kansas City, and Texas. Like many southern varieties of barbecue, Memphis-style barbecue is mostly made using pork, usually ribs and shoulders. Memphis-style barbecue is slow cooked in a pit and ribs can be prepared either dry or wet. Dry ribs are covered with a dry rub consisting of salt and various spices before cooking, and are normally eaten without sauce. Wet ribs are brushed with sauce before, during, and after cooking. Memphis-style barbecue has become well-known due to the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest held each May, which has been listed in Guinness World Records as the largest pork barbecue contest in the world. The event is regularly covered by national and international television networks such as The Food Network and the BBC and attracts over 100,000 visitors. 3

4 10:00am Arrive at Graceland former home and museum of the late Elvis Presley and drop off any travelers that would like to tour the home and estate. We will pick these travelers up and depart at 3:00pm. Graceland 3764 Elvis Presley Blvd. Memphis, TN Phone: Graceland offers several tours of the estate depending on how much of the memorabilia you choose to see and of course each tour has a different price level. On the general Graceland Mansion Tour you can explore the personal side of Elvis Presley as you enjoy an interactive ipad tour of Graceland Mansion featuring commentary and stories by Elvis and his daughter, Lisa Marie. The mansion tour will begin with a new, brief orientation film about Elvis life and career before boarding a shuttle to drive through the famous musical gates up to the front door of Graceland Mansion. This portion of the tour includes the living room, his parents bedroom, the kitchen, TV room, pool room, the famous jungle room, his father s office, the newly-enhanced Trophy Building, a newlyrestored Racquetball Building, which looks as it did in 1977, and the Meditation Garden. Also, available on a tour is a visit to the new 200,000 square foot entertainment complex, Elvis Presley Memphis. The state-of-the-art facility will also showcase interactive and immersive pop culture experiences that connect to Elvis personal interests and activities throughout his life, including his passion for automobiles and new technology. The new Presley Motors Automobile Museum will showcase 20 of Elvis favorite vehicles including his iconic Pink Cadillac, and will also feature a theatre space showcasing Elvis movie clips focused on cars and racing. At the new Career Museum, take an unprecedented journey through Elvis life and career, beginning with his early days in Tupelo through his rise to fame, his Hollywood career, the Las Vegas years and more. The Exhibit will be the largest and most comprehensive Elvis Museum in the world. The themed discovery exhibit spaces showcase Elvis influences, important facets of his incredible life and his role in launching a music and pop culture revolution. And, of course, you can climb aboard Elvis customized jet, named after his daughter Lisa Marie that features a living room, conference room, sitting room, and private bedroom. ~Admissions on Your Own~ 4

5 3:00pm Depart Graceland for Southland Park to pick up travelers. 3:15pm Arrive at Southland Park to pick up travelers and depart for Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis. We will stay in downtown Memphis and depart from the Peabody Hotel for Drury Inn & Suites at 8:00pm. 8:00pm Depart for Drury Inn & Suites Sunday, October 29, :00am-10:00am Breakfast at your leisure at our hotel. 9:45am Bags down by the bus for loading. 10:30am Depart for Sikeston, MO 1:00pm-3:00pm Lunch at Lambert s Café Home of the Throwed Rolls! Lambert s Café 2305 E. Malone Ave Sikeston, MO Phone: Menu Entrée: Country Fried Round Steak & 2 Sides Chicken Pot Pie & 2 Sides Chicken Tenders & 2 Sides Meatloaf & 2 Sides Roast Beef & 2 Sides Charbroiled Chicken Breast & 2 Sides Chicken & Dumplings & 2 Sides Chicken Wings & 2 Sides Golden Fried Chicken & 2 Sides Hot Beef Sandwich & 2 Sides Hamburger Steak & 2 Sides Pork Chops & 2 Sides BBQ Pork Steak & 2 Sides And an Unlimited Supply of Pass Arounds Beverage: Iced Tea, Soda or Coffee Dessert: Banana Pudding Cinnamon Roll 3:00pm Depart for St. Charles, MO 5:30pm Arrive Blanchette Park, St. Charles, MO 5