WOW, I’ve been on the road for 5 months now. It can be so hard to just stop and take the time to put a post together but it is long overdue and either one long post is on the way or multiple posts. We are in Upstate New York but the travels to get to this point is what I want to focus on! My last post was a quick documentation of where we had been but you missed the great pictures of our travels! Hope you enjoy seeing the sights of our trip! The slide show is from the many parks in Arkansas, what a beautiful state, it definitely is a Natural State! Many of the trails, dams and campgrounds were part of Roosevelts CCC in the 1930’s. The men were roughly between the ages of 18 and 28 and they were given room and board for their work and all but $5.00 was sent home to their families – $20. It was a lot of money at the time.
From Arkansas we traveled to Tennessee to visit my brother and cousins. Memphis was our first stop and the International Barbecue Cook off was happening on the banks of the Mississippi. So many booths, each decorated to wins trophies, this is the booth of my brothers friends and their barbecue was delicious.
We left Memphis and stopped by Shiloh National Military Park, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War took place here, a turning point for the Union Army. April 6 and 7, 1862
Onto the Northern Point of Alabama to the address of 1 Tranquility Base, the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Quite an impressive museum. well worth a stop. The only museum with more space memorabilia is the Smithsonian in Washington DC.
Onto family visits in Eastern Tennessee.
Wandering Judy 
So nice to see some of our cousins. Looks like you’re having a great time. Keep the pictures coming! Love you my dear sister.