Memphis, Tn

Got here last night, and went to Neely's Interstate for ribs and their famous Bar-b-que Spagetti.  Today we went to Graceland, Beale Street, rode the trolley car on the loop, and went to Sun Studios.  This evening we had dinner with one of Steve's long time friend (since 7th grade) Tim and his with Kris.  Very nice time.

The home was built in 1939 by Dr. Moore who named it after his Aunt Grace, and Elvis bought it for 102k (with 13 acres) and kept the name

the living room was the most normal of all the rooms

There are many trophies, gold records, movie items, costumes, pictures, etc. to view along the way

The piano he played the morning he died..this was in a building he built with a racket ball court

                     The meditation garden is his final resting place with his Mother, Dad, and Grandmother

The ducks at the Peabody Hotel

we stopped in at the famous Randezvous to sample the ribs

Elvis recorded 5 records on the Sun label, and then Sam sold the recording rights to RCA for 30K

Elvis stopped in to Sun Records one day in 1956, and these guys were there..Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Pickens, Johnny Cash, and Elvis enjoyed singing and playing together that day

We are leaving in the morning for the Birmingham, Alabama area..closer and closer to home