Saturday, April 15, 2006

'Is Elvis in the Building?' We searched!

Apr 12-14....2 days in Memphis. We stayed at a nice State Park about 3 miles from Graceland. Once we settled in we decided to venture out after dark!! We went to see what was happening on Beale Street, which is famous for it's Blues & Rock n Roll. As luck would have it there was -- "Bikes on Beale" ...there were motorcyles everywhere. There was a Sports Bike jump show, where 2 Pro's made several jumps. It was pretty cool! It was too fast to get a good photo so you will just have to take our word for it. We then strooled down to B.B. Kings Blues Club and listened to some music. On Thursday it was time to check out 'The King's' Graceland (Elvis that is). We went on a 3 hr tour that took us through the mansion, the grounds, several museums, 2 of his jets, cars, & motorcycles. We weren't disappointed at all and was surprised on how much there was to see. There's nothing like a good Elvis 'fix'! Next stop was back to Beale Street for some Memphis Bar-b-que at the PIG -"Pork With an Attitude". Once refueled we toured the orginal "Sun Studio" where Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and many others made their first record. The studio still looks like it did in 1953 & is still used for recordings in the evenings (tours by day). The day was pretty much like stepping back in time! Next stop - somewhere in Middle Tennessee!