Anyone in Memphis, Nashville, Little Rock or surrounding areas?

Hey folks,

I am going to be taking a trek southward for a new job and if anyone lives in Memphis, Nashville, Little Rock or the surrounding areas, you could be of help.

I anticipate my drive ending in one of those cities, depending on exactly how far I feel like going in a given day. I would only be staying in the one city then continuing to the job. I am in need of a cheap hotel idea, a good park to sleep in, or if possible, a floor or a couch of someone's place to crash in, to cut down on expenses.

If anyone to help a young writer out, please offer your suggestions or tips in here, or in a PM. Once again, I thank you kindly, and I look forward to your suggestions and ideas.

Mayfly

 

Re: Anyone in Memphis, Knoxville, Little Rock or surrounding areas?

If you are going to Memphis, Knoxville and Little Rock in that order it's going to be a long trip

Good luck, though, hope someone in the SJ Nation helps you out.

 

Re: Anyone in Memphis, Knoxville, Little Rock or surrounding areas?

That's what I was thinking.

If you get to Memphis, you're two hours from Little Rock. But it's a lonely two hours on I-40 unless you enjoy watching snow geese fly in formation.

 

Re: Anyone in Memphis, Knoxville, Little Rock or surrounding areas?

Well figuring I would have already been in the car for 14 hours, I am trying to decide where to call it a day. I will go as far as I feel. If I get an offer to stay in Little Rock, I'll make the extra two hour drive there, or if I am near Memphis and I remember someone said something, I'll stay there. I am looking for places to stay, be it in a hotel or with someone.

Nashville - 12 hours
Memphis - 15 hours
Little Rock - 17 hours

Those are the driving distances from where I will be coming. So I plan on staying in one place for one night then going on my merry way to the final destination.

 

I assume you're taking 40 west from Nashvegas to Memphis.

If you're really tired then stay in Nashville. There are a few hotels on the exits west of downtown but not as many as north and east.

Plenty in Memphis and some in Jackson.

 

Yeah, stay in Nashville, man. 12 hours is a ton of driving -- especially by yourself.

 

Stop in Nashville to spend the night. The next day have lunch in Memphis, dinner in Little Rock.

 

Ooohhh, ooohhh. Pick me. Pick me. I can answer this one. Pick me.


Central Barbecue. Little hole-in-the-wall near the Liberty Bowl.

 

Stay out on the west end of Nashville on I-40, you can get a decent place to sleep for the night for fairly cheap.
When will you be making the trip?

 

I drove from DC to Little Rock in one day. It was sucky, but it made the next day's drive a lot shorter.

 

All I can say is wow

 

Sounds like an SportsJournalists.com road trip in the making.