Well, here we are in Elvis' home town, and I already feel cooler...well, sort of, it's stinkin' hot here!

Today was just a travel day mainly. We got here around 3pm, and we're at a campground South of Memphis right on the Mississippi. It was fun seeing the tugboats push their barges around, and it's a nice area. We also found a bunch of frogs (Faith's favorite) and I brought one into the camper to see. These things must get huge eating the millions of mosquitoes around here.

Thursday Update:

Today was a fun and busy day...we started with the morning and into the afternoon at Graceland, then off to Neely's for some good barbecue, and then off to the National Civil Rights Museum to finish up the day.

Graceland is interesting, whether you're an Elvis fan or not. It's pretty commercialized, but I wouldn't expect any different. We got lucky and missed Elvis-week by a week, so the place was basically empty. The tour was fun and interesting, and it was apparent that, as my hot wife said, "all men are just kids in grown up bodies..." Elvis definitely had the toys.

The NCRM was really interesting, although somewhat overwhelming. There were probably hundreds of pages worth of text to be read on the tour, so you can spend more than the 2.5 hours we did there. My knowledge of black history isn't what it should be, and I was intrigued at all that was presented and learned a lot. I think the girls did as well, but must say they were a bit overwhelmed at all the information.

Neely's, btw, is a great place for barbecue. Authentic and down home, it was recommended by our tour bus driver at Graceland, and we weren't disappointed. The prices were reasonable and the servings huge. Faith even stepped out of her usually small food box to order some Texas Sausage instead of chicken nuggets, which was cool, and she loved it. Michelle and I could barely finish 1/2 of a 2 person serving of wet ribs. Good stuff...I'm hungry all over again.

Photos:

A note about the photos: they don't allow video or flash inside Graceland, so some of the photos are a little sketchy. The National Civil Rights Museum doesn't allow any video or photos at all, so we were reduced to just the outside.

Faith's blog:
Today we went to the home of Elvis Presley. It was really fun. The King of Rock and Roll was once convinced to sing to a Bassett Hound. “You Ain’t Nothing But A Hound Dog.” We also went to the Civil Rights Museum. That was about Martin Luther King Jr.

Kenzie's blog:
This stop was fun. We got to go into Graceland. That is Elvis’ home. It is really big and really pretty!
We also went to the National Civil Rights Museum. We got to see the exact spot where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot. It was in a hotel. It was sad.

Memphis

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