Airport Inn Memphis

Mr and I have been on the road now for 13 days. We have traveled just over 800 miles believing it would be warmer at each stop. So far the temp here (53 degrees) is exactly the same temp it was when we left Michigan. We have had two sunny days and 11 filled with rain.

Somehow I do not think the Travel Channel would hire us as our trip is certainly not like the journeys they ...

As one enters Graceland you see beautifully manicured grounds, with horses grazing in the pastures surrounding the estate.

Going in the front door you see the living room to right completely as in was in the 1960's. Each room has been preserved to the exact standards to when he was living.

The mansion was crowded with people from all over the United States ...

... IL to Memphis, TN

Well, we made it to Memphis airport! We got in around 3pm or so and our flight to Amsterdam doesn't fly out until around 7pm. We got in line to board the plane back in Columbus and realized that Kirk Herbstreit and Thad Matta were right in front of us! They didn't end up sitting next to each other on the plane, and we sat ...

Okay, here we are again! Stayed in a motel in West Memphis (which is actually in Arkansas), but got a cab across the border to Beale Street, Memphis, traditionally the home of all the blues clubs. Meh, it was okay. Very touristy. Not at all bluesy. Matt's theory is that Beale Street became famous because everyone flocked there for the blues, but then people just started flocking there who actually didn't like the blues, but it was "the" place to ...

Stayed 2 nights at the luxurious Dlugach home with all the amenities you might expect. Lots of food, drink and fun. BBQ, Ravioli.....what more could a traveler want. And to top it off Mary Ellen sent us away with a cooler full of lunch for the road and snacks for days. Mike, cousin Eddie, as we liked to call him, joined us on our ride up to Chicago.

... I misjudged how far the walk was and I was then in a battle of time against the Sundae. I was losing badly and conceded and therefore decided to eat as I walked. It was a bitter loss and one that I will have to learn from in future years.

I got home from Graceland and collapsed from the heat and watched the full replay of the game. Was viewing pleasure. I'll be off to Jackson, Mississippi tomorrow.

Hope you're all well.

Gage

... a Vegetable we both forgot, but liked. After this more than awesome midnight snack, we headed back for the hotel, watched some tv and got some rest. The next day GRACE LAND! The King lives, we heard, so we went to check it out. Incredible $27 for a self guided tour with dorky earphones and restricted access ( nor his airplanes, cars, private rooms), but since we are probably never going to come back to Memphis, we bought the tickets, got our tour guide around our neck and ...

... ever seen--possibly 20 feet?--in his living room. Three TVs in his blue and gold media room because Elvis had heard LBJ had three TVs lined up so he could watch all the networks at once. A Meditation Garden that ultimately became the family grave site: Elvis, his mother, his father, and his stillborn twin brother (who knew?). Bouquets of plastic flowers, still sent daily by fans, replaced when they wear out. His private plane, the Lisa ...