Homegate Inn And Suites West Memphis

... right before the exit back onto the highway and the attendant came running to the car. As I started to get out he stopped me and stuck out his grease covered hands for my credit card. Full service gas stations are high up on my list of most uncomfortable situations. I like pumping my car’s gas…maybe not in the coldest of weather, but in general it’s nice to be able to get out of the car and stretch my legs. Maybe even take the time to ...

... join him and get my groove on a bit (<-who says that these days??...whatever) So I danced with him a couple times taking breaks in between accordingly. The guy selling CD's came over and told Sumner and Ryan that they were the luckiest guys around. The singer of the group took to calling me Shaking Bacon for the dancing I was doing. But I'll tell you what, Felix my dancing man was 63 years old and still had it going on. He had the ...

... 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 ...

... proceeds go to them), there were so many busses going in and out and it was a weekday. We did the budget tour and looked over the fence, ha, ha. There were many other travellers doing the same. From the front of the property you could see the main house, the yard, entry way and stables. Across the street they had Elvis's planes, yep both of them, also on display. Totally cool.
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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 ...

... out the remainder of their days as wild ducks." We got there right at 11:00 and a crowd was gathered. It was announced that the ducks were on their way down from the roof, and seconds later the elevator opened and there they were. They waddled over to the fountain and climbed the stairs up and then jumped into the water. It was fun to see. It took no more than 15 minutes, and that made it better. Since we got back from ...

... night in a trailer in their lives. He didn't even own a truck large enough to tow it. So there they sat, and he said that his wife was none that taken with trailer life. The way he was talking led me to believe was not a part of the decision tree that led to this change of life. Ok, back to the present. I'm telling this story to Travis when we get to the park, and there in the same spot is this trailer, just as I had remembered. The only thing ...

... this is where my abstract thoughts comes out. Once I wake up from the "pain" in my extremities, I lay awake and my brain goes into overdrive. I can't describe how this sensation in my body feels. Another symptom that's started since my accident is the "ringing" in my ear. The doctor's call it tinnitus. The thing is it's not really a ringing in my ears. It's more like a high pitched short circuit in my head. Something like the sound you hear when ...

... a brass duck head!

Many members of the touring group also visited Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley, where he often lived, where he died on August 16, 1977, and where he is buried. As tokens of the visit, one choir member wore an Elvis mask to sound check that afternoon, and administrative manager Barry Anderson wore a brightly colored Elvis t-shirt over his dress shirt and tie.

Members of the tour also walked along the famous Beale Street, an important area in African ...

... for today was to get up and get going early, stop by Jenny's friend Scott's house for breakfast, then head on across Tennessee to Memphis. For some reason we just had bad luck today with directions. For a while it really seemed like we took a wrong turn at every intersection we came to. But actually some really good things came of our wrong turns, like this morning we got on this little back road heading towards Pigeon Forge that was really beautiful. And since it had ...