Memphis

We have a few friends who live in Memphis, so this was just a quick 24-hour stop for a night to break up our drive en route to Kentucky. If you only have 24-hours in Memphis with young kids, we would recommend heading over to The Peabody Hotel to watch the world famous Peabody Duck March! This happens daily at 11am and 5pm and it was an absolute blast for the kids! Kids get to sit right along the red carpet and the Duckmaster puts on a fun show for the audience and gives a lot of history about the Peabody Ducks. This unique Peabody tradition began in the 1930s and is now internationally famous - the ducks have even been on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,” “Sesame Street,” and “The Oprah Winfrey Show”! With only a few hours in Memphis, this was a memorable activity for the littles.

Where we stayed: Tom Sawyer’s RV Park - this was a nice spot on the Mississippi River. Technically, the park is located in West Memphis, Arkansas, but it is right across the river into Memphis. The kids really enjoyed watching the barges traveling along the river. We were only here for one night so we didn’t use any of the facilities and there didn’t appear to be a playground, but it was an easy (and cheap!) stopover that we would recommend for a night or two.

Brewery Spotlight: Wiseacre Brewing Co. - good beer & delicious pizza! The only negative here for us was that they didn’t have high chairs, so that made it a bit tricky for us and something to keep in mind if you have littles.