I'm going to Graceland, Graceland, Memphis Tennessee

See, now you've got it constantly running through your mind too, and no amount of soothing Elvin music will erase the sound of the bad one out of Simon & Garfunkel.

I didn't take a tour of Graceland, or any of the other attractions. Maybe next time. I did watch the somewhat informative and entertaining video about Elvis' two planes which are on display at Graceland. It includes information on how they were moved there.

I signed my name on the wall outside Graceland, and I took a couple pictures of it. However, now I can't find those pictures. This has happened before; in KC I took several pictures of the brick buildings downtown, and in VA I took a few pictures of the ponies with Mt. Rogers in the background. None of those shots were on the card, and I guess I'm going to have to throw this card out, because I can't trust it anymore. So, you're just going to have to imagine that there's a third picture with: "Lonewacko.com Elvis Lives!"

I am indeed Elvis. Elvis Lives! Just as Elvis fired up his private jet at 1am to fly to Denver to get peanut butter sandwiches, I drove from L.A. to Vermont to get a new Green Mountain Club T-shirt.

Graceland is set in an area somewhat reminiscent of the nicer parts of Inglewood. It gets a bit worse further north, somewhat like heading east on Manchester. I guess Elvis had no interaction with his neighbors; he couldn't leave without an escort because there were people outside the gates 24/7.

The Mud Run in Memphis was closed for the season, which was quite unfortunate. It supposedly has rocks - real, goshdarned rocks - that one can walk on. Other than that, Memphis is pretty flat. The "bluffs" between Memphis and the Mississippi are gently-sloped, but too overgrown to walk through without bathing in DEET first.

I decided to spend the night in Little Rock, which was a mistake. As of 9:30pm on a Sunday night, the sidewalks there had been rolled up and neatly stacked in preparation for the week to come. I really should have stayed in Memphis.

BloggingAcrossAmerica · Mon, 11/03/2003 - 17:51 · · Importance: 1