Echols: 5 weekend escapes near Memphis
“I have heard Kemmons Wilson Jr. say The Country Place is one of the most peaceful places he’s ever been, and I gotta think that man’s been some places,” Candace Echols writes. (Courtesy Candace Echols)
Candace Echols
Candace Echols is a Midtown resident, wife, and mother of five. A regular contributor to The Daily Memphian, she is a freelance writer who also recently published her first book, the children’s book “Josephine and the Quarantine.”
You don’t have to go far to get away from it all. Candace Echols has some ideas for where you can go to catch your breath amid your hectic schedule.
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