Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Millington-Memphis Area

... there were also endless white, empty billboards. It seemed fitting to see this as I listened to NPR correspondents discussing the unemployment rate and the ‘guerilla tactics’ required to find a job. I did spend several minutes analyzing what has been my favorite board so far, though: The Highway to “Hell Yeah!”. Is Hell Yeah a town? Is that some random town’s slogan? Creepy…

I arrived in Memphis shortly ...

... being tall.

We then went to B.B. King's old bar and company and had a "Lucille" named after his guitar. The drink was blue. This bar was real cool, all jaded and worn in. Posters plastered the walls with the likes of Ann Peebles was on the wall ( I can't stand the rainnnnnn), Muddy Waters (Garrett and I scooped up a couple vinyls from a farmer's market a couple years ago that we used to jam to)

Christa and I's favorite song ...

... stuff like that.

When I have checked with Rich which stories are for public consumption, I will come back with more, but, for now, that's all, and it doesn't seem to do the last fortnight justice but I have just wound up in Memphis after a 13 hour solo drive and the only thing to ponder on now is whether I sleep standing up or laying down, so for that I must apologise.

In case you're wondering, which I'm sure you're not ...

Memphis baby, Memphis! From Hot Springs to Elvis, we arrived in Memphis and headed straight to Graceland, the home of the King. Graceland is a large sprawling home on a large estate just outside of Memphis where Elivs lived, died and is now buried. For all those who are concerned about his descendants wealth do not be alarmed. They make a mint charging people into Graceland (if ...

... it for profit rather than ideology.
Later in the day we went to a museum called the Pink Palace Museum , once owned by a cotton magnate, Than by a guy who started the Piggy Wiggly grocery Chain. Had some interesting exhibits. A miniature Circus built in 1930-1955 by a man, miniature railroads, a medical museum, history exhibit. Had a replica of the 1st store owned by the man who ...

... a noisy tour for 3 hours. We had supper at BB Kings blues club on Beale St I had the soul platter barbecue ribs,fried pickles, and potato skins, Susie had mac and cheese, Baked beans, and green veggies. After dinner we saw a beale st flpper, a kid doing flips, and some blues bands

In the last 2 days since my arrival to Memphis, I have seen rain (tropical and non-tropical), sunshine, snow, gray sky and forceful wind, so strong that while I was standing underneath the traffic light (ones hanging from the wire) I was afraid they were about to fall and hit me on the head! I have seen it all! And I feel I am back in the UK. But apparently this is nothing! Yesterday I had the pleasure of going to the social security office and on my second attempt to get ...

by Eric Huntsman of the Baritone Section

Late in the afternoon of Sunday, July 1, 2007, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, for the last stop on the Canada-Midwest Tour. It was the Choir’s first visit to Memphis, the largest city in Tennessee and the second most populous in the southeastern United States. The city sits on the banks of the Mississippi River in Shelby County in the southwestern corner of the state in a region ...

... Elvis is buried here with his mother and father. His mother who died before him was moved from Tupelo - where they lived and where Elvis was born in 1935. Fortunately the BW we're in is just round the corner from Graceland and it is very nice with a large room and excellent pool >> so we have had an excellent day. We'll have to see if immigration can change all that tomorrow.

... headed for the Peabody Hotel to observe the somewhat bizarre spectacle of local ducks who waddled from the elevator to the hotel lobby fountain at 11am prompt. They do this every day and return to their 'penthouse' at 5pm each day also! The National Civil Rights Museum was next and it detailed mostly black civil rights whilst also touching on women's, gay and minority rights. The museum is built around the shell of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968 ...