While the battery was charging, we walked over to Graceland to take the tour. We opted for the “Graceland Platinum + airplanes” tour.
It included a multimedia iPad tour of Graceland Mansion and grounds, the Graceland Archives Experience, a self-guided tour of Elvis' two custom airplanes, and a self-guided tour of Elvis' Automobile Museum.
We skipped the self-guided tour of “Elvis: Live from Vegas”, the tour of Elvis' Tupelo, and the self-guided tour of Elvis' Hawaii: Concerts, Movies and More! Exhibit and we still spent 3 hours!
There are thousands of artifacts from the original furniture to several of his costumes, as well as his gold and platinum albums.
It was really well done and much more interesting than either of us expected! In 2006, Graceland was designated as a historic landmark.
Elvis, as well as his parents and grandmother, are all buried on the grounds at Graceland.
It was really well done and much more interesting than either of us expected! In 2006, Graceland was designated as a historic landmark.
Elvis, as well as his parents and grandmother, are all buried on the grounds at Graceland.
We came back to the RV for lunch and picked up our battery on the way. That did the trick! We headed downtown to the Gibson Guitar Factory for the 2 pm tour. It was really cool seeing how the guitars are made, but they don’t allow any photography. Bummer! This is a link to the Gibson Tours that shows some of the things we saw. It was really fun to see the guys painting the guitars. Only 60 guitars are finished in any one day!http://www2.gibson.com/Gibson/Gibson-Tours.aspx
After we left the Gibson Factory, we walked two blocks over the Beale Street, home to the Memphis music scene.
It was fun to walk down the 3 block section of Beale Street lined with lots of clubs and the good smells of barbeque! We could imagine this would be a hopping place on Friday and Saturday nights! There were even “notes” of the famous musicians on the Beale Street Walk of Fame.
We headed back to the RV and planned to swim, but the water was COLD! We hung out and Penny enjoyed being outside under the picnic table. Tomorrow we need to have the muffler on the RV looked at then we head out toward Alabama.
After we left the Gibson Factory, we walked two blocks over the Beale Street, home to the Memphis music scene.
It was fun to walk down the 3 block section of Beale Street lined with lots of clubs and the good smells of barbeque! We could imagine this would be a hopping place on Friday and Saturday nights! There were even “notes” of the famous musicians on the Beale Street Walk of Fame.
We headed back to the RV and planned to swim, but the water was COLD! We hung out and Penny enjoyed being outside under the picnic table. Tomorrow we need to have the muffler on the RV looked at then we head out toward Alabama.
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