Super 8 Memphis

... down to Cincinnati was terrible, between the guy who used my shoulder as a pillow, and "blanket man". And no, he did not have a super power, and no, you really don't want to know what he was hiding with that blanket." "God, I wouldn't put a dog on ...

We walked down to Greyhound and bought tickets on the 9:45 to Memphis which eventually left about 10:30. Sat across from a hustler and from a loudmouthed drinker who had talked a woman he met in the bar to travel with him to sneak into the Super Bowl in ...

... We were then back on the road again to Memphis. After another 4 hours in the car, we arrived! We stayed at the Memphis-Graceland RV Park, conveniently located a block from Graceland. It was also right next to the Heartbreak Hotel and had "cute" ...

... we headed back to Sun Studio to do the tour. It was a guided tour and was really a great tour. I suggest anyone visiting Memphis should check it out. The girl doing our tour was so in to all the artists and the music it was great how she conveyed ...

... at the hotel where Martin Luther King was shot, then rushed off to see the ducks parade through the foyer of the Peabody hotel. Had tea at TGI Friday's then a cold walk back to the hotel. Memphis uses green Melbourne trams on their historic trolley ...

Day 161 Baton Rouge Louisiana - Memphis Tennessee. The planned departure to trek through Mississippi State, to our Pilgrimage to the home of Elvis, began at 9:30am. The roads through Louisiana were a little rough but not difficult to follow. We stopped ...

ELIOT: Today is April 22, 2011, and we are livin' large in MEMPHIS TENNESSEE! We left this morning super early, and arrived to see the rock and soul museum. I, Eliot, thought it was the most interesting of the trip so far, perhaps because I play and ...

... We grabbed some lunch on the way out of town...sharing a sandwich at the infamous Arcade diner, the longest running restaurant in Memphis, over 100 years old. We hit the road again for our final drive of our American road trip....Nashville here we ...

... actually - extremely packed and crazy out of control touristy, on a Monday night - crazy. We walked down it and around downtown Memphis - a lot blues, a lot bbq, and a lot booze. We couldn't really handle Beale at the moment so we decided to get some of ...

... was a super star - to be a super star, more is needed than just being a great singer and/or a great musician - to be a super star a person must be a remarkable person in his own right apart from his musical and performance abilities - and Elvis was such a ...

... headed back to his office where she ate lunch. So random and awesome!  After our long tour, we got on the road to head to Memphis for dinner at DJ and Steve's house. We arrived around 6:30 pm and hung with the family. It is so great to see them all! ...

... fun and the music we heard was awesome.      For dinner we decided we would take a taxi into downtown Memphis’ Beale Street, the city’s music center.  We had drinks at Alfred’s on Beale and then headed for B.B. ...

... U2. It was super cool. People down here go crazy for Elvis, so we were more interested in the place he sang, rather than his home at the way expensive Graceland. This was well worth another stop in Memphis. From here onto Nashville... Nic and Jess ...

... but I was feeling grotty and the city was also pretty grotty.  There was a protest by the Lorraine Motel about the gentrification of Memphis but to be honest it can't come soon enough.  In 20 years time it might be nice, but at the moment you ...

... called SOB (South Of Beale) and treated ourselves to a couple of JDs on the rocks and delicious gumbo. And who could visit Memphis without going to Graceland? We'd bought our tickets the day before at the civil rights museum and got a discount ...

... , I watched her from inside, and Somer checked in. We showered and got ready, and took a really expensive cab ride to downtown Memphis for some good food and music. Our cab driver was really nice, but kind of quiet. He told us the dangerous streets to ...

... , Andrew, who's an officer in the Army and will be heading to Iraq soon. If you're ever in Memphis on Christmas night, I highly recommend going to see Super Tyrone perform covers of all the best 70's and 80's Funk songs. ...

... a beer garden/grill serving their own beers and classic German food – the best Reuban ever! Evening brought us to Memphis, another short sleep, and a quick stop at Graceland. Having been taken aback by the excessive theme park flavour of the ...

... clothes and his airplanes, all in all it was a really fun experience. We had decided to only stay one night in Memphis so we hurried over to another place I was interested in seeing, The Civil Rights Museum. We purchased another audio tour and ...

... whole day driving the 400 miles from New Orleans in Louisiana, through the entire state of Mississippi, to our next destination of Memphis, Tennessee. We were making the pilgrimage to visit the beloved home of the one and only Mr Elvis Presley and got in ...