MISSISSIPPI RIVER DAYS

We lingered in West Memphis, AR to check out the Tom Sawyer RV Resort along the Mississippi River where you can watch tug boats and barges. The river is extremely fast moving and gets very brown after every rainfall.

To our dismay, the Mississippi River Museum on Mud Island was closed for the season.  We stopped for lunch at the Bass Pro Shops restaurant at the "Pyramid", formerly a sports arena and concert venue.  You can stay busy in the arcade, shooting gallery, or bowling alley if you don't like shopping.  

Bass Pro Shops has repurposed the sports arena into a 5 star hotel and retail space complete with a faux cypress swamp forest, Spanish moss and ponds.  There are several wooden bridges crossing the water in the swamp-like wilderness where you can view ducks, huge catfish and gar, aquariums and even alligators.

A glass elevator ride costs $10 but offers the best view of Memphis, TN and AR across the river. This is the largest Bass Pro Shop.