Refreshed from Time to Time with the Blood of Patriots and Tyrants

Thought I would share a few cruddy cell phone pictures from my recent trip to Memphis with Russell and Jesse to watch Iowa State’s 21-20 beatdown of Memphis in the Liberty Bowl:


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You know you’re in Memphis when you walk into a hotel lobby and there is a musician setting up shop.

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Beale Street

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Greetings from Memphis!

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Beale Street

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Supper!

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Delicious Chicken and Waffles #wafflelife

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I want this Sam Cooke table.

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Liberty Bowl Road Trip
The King

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The King’s Final Resting Place

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In front of the gates at Graceland

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Liberty Bowl Road Trip

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First time in Mississippi.

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Amazing Waffle House Experience. Waitress told us that she loved our “Northern Accents”. #wafflelife

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We will be sending a very nice letter to Waffle House about this amazing waitress!

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Back to Tennessee.

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This many people gathered to watch ducks walk from an elevator to a fountain. To John Philip Sousa.

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Some college football fanbases don’t have any problems filling a baseball stadium.

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The Memphis Redbirds play in a beautiful stadium.

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Post pep rally fireworks.

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Selfie Time!

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Cozy Corner is a big recommend. Their barbecue spaghetti, not so much.

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Delicious, delicious ribs!

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With the owner. Teenage Cyclone fan for the photobomb!

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The National Civil Rights Museum located where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.

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Liberty Bowl Road Trip
Watched the Iowa State basketball debacle here. These musicians were solid, but made the night slightly uncomfortable.

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More Beale Street.

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Apparently Iowa State fans like their Busch Light.

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Even More Beale Street.

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Admittedly, not my best work. #wafflelife

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ISUCFVMB

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Sea of Cardinal and Gold

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Cyclones!!!

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Dig those sweet chrome helmets!

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This flyover by a FedEx 747 was both slow and scary.

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Liberty Bowl Road Trip
Weirdest halftime show ever? The Isley Brothers and other stuff.

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Liberty Bowl Road Trip
Victory Formation!

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Sing the alma mater!

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Victory Selfie!

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Jumbotron? Try minitron.

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I’ll be strolling into church some Sunday with this jacket.

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Liberty Bowl Road Trip

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21-20* Should’ve been 28-20, but refs aren’t perfect.

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Leave these guys alone for a moment and they are staring at their phones.

There are plenty of real camera pictures that will be released eventually, but thought I’d get these out early. I didn’t take the real camera into the Liberty Bowl. A myriad of reasons, but in the end, you just need to know that it didn’t work out.

Memphis’ stadium is a little dumpy. It isn’t a complete dump, like where Kansas and Missouri play. But it isn’t nice like where Kansas State or Iowa or of course like Jack Trice.

I have to commend Russell. He survived almost 3 full days with me and Jesse. That isn’t an easy feat for most people. He is horrified that I photograph my food, but he is going to have to learn. That is how Bennetts roll. It is genetic. I swear it!

To surmise, it was a great trip that ended with a Cyclone victory! I’m already making plans for next year’s bowl game trip. Who wants in?