Stunning Desert. The Kalahari Desert is a huge area of land that extends from the Northern Cape of South Africa up into Botswana and Namibia. It is believed to be some 500 million years old and is home to a number of fossils that have fascinated researchers for decades. It measures almost a million square kilometres.
Mud Island River Park, located on the south end of the island, opened to the public in 1982. It is located within the Memphis city limits, 1.2 miles from the coast of downtown, and houses a museum, restaurants, and an amphitheater.
The M-V Becky Thatcher is a US Coast Guard licensed small passenger vessel which is a steamboat that has been operating since 1964 in St Louis Missouri on the Mississippi River. While the build date is unknown it available for river tours, private parties and weddings and evening dinner cruises.