Day 09 - We're All Shook Up!

Wednesday, 31 August

We drove through Arkansas today on our way to Memphis... This one of the five states that we needed to visit in order to complete the lower 48 states during our four road trips!  (The other four will be on the way home).

We finally arrived in Tennessee...

When we stopped for lunch, this "Smart Car" was parked next us... this is the first car that has ever made "LIL BMW" feel big...

We spent most of the day at Graceland...

First stop on the tour was the Graceland Mansion that Elvis bought when he was 22 years old for $103,000 and some change...

During the tour, we got to see many of his original awards for his amazing accomplishments in the music world... this is the gold record that was awarded to him in 1956 for the one millionth sale of "Hound Dog"...

His personal raquet ball court has been converted to display many of his costumes and hundreds of his gold and platinum records and albums...

Outside of the mansion, Elvis is buried in the Meditation Garden...

Next stop was the car museum where many of Elvis' cars were displayed.  This one reminded us of our daughter-in-law Jessi...

This is the famous "Pink Cadi" that he bought for his mother...

Next it was on to see the "Lisa Marie", his private jetliner...

Our last stop was to visit an exhibit of Elvis' fashions and see to see some of the "bling" that he made famous... Deb reluctantly posed for me with the "King".

We drove to Muscle Shoal, Alabama to stop for the night.  Tomorrow, we will reach our next planned leg of the journey when we arrive in Dunlap, Tennessee to see our grandsons!