Day 68, October 8th, 2009
Off on an adventure today. We picked our rental car in the morning then Paul, Sue, Gill and I drove off to Memphis. Our goal was to see Elvis Presley's home Graceland. We didn't get away until about 1130. We couldn't leave until we had had our complimentary coffee and cinnamon bun. We arrived in Memphis around 1400. It took us a little longer than we thought it would. We had no trouble finding Graceland and they had a huge parking lot across the street. You have to appreciate that Gill and I are not major Elvis Presley fans but you can't come to Tennessee without visiting Graceland. We were very impressed. The mansion was great and very well presented. We learned a lot about the man that we didn't know especially his charity work.
We were heading back to the car about 1800 when wouldn't you know it, we bumped into friends of Paul and Sue from Shelburne Ontario. We hadn't eaten since breakfast so we all decided to go to a local Cracker Barrel restaurant. (Great Southern down home cooking.) After getting lost a few times, we finally found one and inhaled our food. After agreeing to meet up with everyone in Nashville the next day, we headed back to the marina arriving about 2330.
Off on an adventure today. We picked our rental car in the morning then Paul, Sue, Gill and I drove off to Memphis. Our goal was to see Elvis Presley's home Graceland. We didn't get away until about 1130. We couldn't leave until we had had our complimentary coffee and cinnamon bun. We arrived in Memphis around 1400. It took us a little longer than we thought it would. We had no trouble finding Graceland and they had a huge parking lot across the street. You have to appreciate that Gill and I are not major Elvis Presley fans but you can't come to Tennessee without visiting Graceland. We were very impressed. The mansion was great and very well presented. We learned a lot about the man that we didn't know especially his charity work.
We were heading back to the car about 1800 when wouldn't you know it, we bumped into friends of Paul and Sue from Shelburne Ontario. We hadn't eaten since breakfast so we all decided to go to a local Cracker Barrel restaurant. (Great Southern down home cooking.) After getting lost a few times, we finally found one and inhaled our food. After agreeing to meet up with everyone in Nashville the next day, we headed back to the marina arriving about 2330.
No comments:
Post a Comment