Our last full day in Memphis was reserved for day 1 of the Memphis in May BBQ Festival. We walked around and saw some great setups and team names (see below), we got a “Cooker’s Caravan” tour of some of the team tents and we participated in the People’s Choice tasting contest. It was all a lot of fun, and right in the middle of it all … a massive downpour for about 20 – 30 minutes which the boys just couldn’t stay out of (again, see below). I’ve also got some great video of them inching out the tent and into the rain.
Before we hit the festival today, we stopped by the Fire Museum of Memphis. They’ve got some cool interactive exhibits – trucks and ambulance to play in and on, an animated fire horse that tells the story of the Memphis FD in its early days (Jordan was amazed at the talking horse), and they have a crawl-through exhibit where it’s dark and a fire alarm is going off and you have to crawl through and feel the doors to see if they are hot or cool, then open the right door … open the wrong door and there is a loud blaring (scary) siren that goes off. This was definitely not something fun for little kids. But, the boys had a fun time crawling and playing all over the fire trucks and putting on the firefighters’ suits and helmets.
Memphis dinner #5 – Memphis in May World Championships Barbecue Cooking Contest
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