Red Roof Memphis East

... our necks. It did not take long before we received the pitch; "brother can you spare a dime". These “gentlemen” of the street were obvious along Main Street and along Beale Street, home to most of the music clubs and blues bars. I will say that the ones we encountered were all good-natured and not in the least bit threatening; they were just looking for a handout.

One delight was our visit to the Peabody Hotel to watch the legendary duck walk ...

... 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 ...

... I'm in Memphis, I thought it would be nice to visit the family again in Tyler, Texas for a couple of nights. On my way to Denver. Where I have to be on Thursday. I'll leave that with you....



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This entry takes the standard of blogs to new depths of mediocrity.
And by, 'takes', I mean, 'plummets'.
Two sides of a triangle are better than one.

... these great artists, some of their instruments and clothing, including Elvis's high school graduation certificate and social security card!

During the Sun studio tour we were allowed into the recording studio which had the actual microphone that was used for recording back in the early days of the studio. It had the lips and spit of all these great artists all over. You ...

... leather sofa's & chairs, fine wood, regular bed, gold plated sinks & seat belts and glass tables compared to Kennedy's military green metal, hard plastic benches and bunks. Besides starring in 31 movies, he recorded 141 songs which attained gold or platinum record sales. Elvis's original racquetball building has been converted to display all of his awards (they completely cover 4 walls 20ft high). The playing court exhibits all of his jewel studded outfits that he ...

... When i first saw Graceland in front of me i couldn't believe i was standing right where Elvis Presley himself had stood, it's stupid but for someone like him it was a weird feeling. Graceland was by far the best house i have ever seen that reflects the time it was lived in. It was so weird seeing all of these rooms that had so much stuff on the walls, or like his pool room it had floor to ceiling coverings, and his kitchen was so old but so retro its very hard to explain but for ...

... cannot abuse me! One other thing that I have discovered over the last few weeks is that apparently sometime, somewhere while I was traveling, I have come in contact with TB, and have managed to pick up the germs. I had a chest x-ray done, which thankfully was clean and there is no sign of the disease, however, I show some of the symptoms, so they have put me on Isoniazide for the next 9 months. This does mean no alcohol! so no I am not pregnant! =) This does explain why I ...

... Texan who chooses the beach for vacation, but still... this was a ton of snow. Most people in town were there to ski/snowboard so they were lovin it. I took in New Years Eve with my friends Jaden and Ashley, and some of their friends from work. We had a great time and spent most the night at a hotel bar which had a great view of the fireworks over the mountains. I didn't take my camera but Ashley took a ton of pictures which became progressively more ...

... young girl.

Choir and Orchestra members had free time until mid-afternoon Monday. Many enjoyed the sight of Craig Jessop serving as honorary “duck master” at the famous Peabody Hotel in downtown Memphis. The original Peabody was established in 1869, being replaced by the current opulent hotel in 1925. Perhaps more famous than the hotel’s luxurious accommodations are the “Peabody Ducks,” five ducks who are brought down from their penthouse on the roof ...

... encountering the edge of a hurricane, very scary, all the traffic on the road tried to cramp under this bridge to shelter from the winds, car took a pummelling but we didnt blow away! We met the richest man in Oklahoma, who gave me his stetson and showed us round his ranch, pretty cool. Onwards west, across northern Texas and into New Mexico.......