A couple quick and very random things I noticed on the way through 15 states. I'm sure there's more, I can add to it as I remember more. Motel 6 takes pets for free. Tater's Convenience Store on US 98 in New Augusta, Mississippi has pretty good biscuits and gravy, to be fair, I'm not hard to please with biscuits and gravy. Exit 56 on I40 in Brownsville, TN there's a nice, clean Days Inn. The West TN Delta Heritage Center is nearby, it looks fairly interesting