After our plantation tour in Louisiana we made our way towards Memphis (5½hrs away). we left late afternoon so were just going to try and drive as far as we could. The drive was actually really nice following interstate 40, an elevated road over the swamp lands was crazy and covered a long distance. That night we made it about 30mins outside of Memphis and stopped at a rest stop for the night, sleeping in the car.
Day 1: The rest stop was a little noisy last night as the truck drivers left their trucks running, but overall a pretty good place to stop for free! In the morning we stopped off for some supplies, then made our way into Memphis.
Next we made our way to the Graceland campground that was owned by
Lisa Marie Presley and conveniently located right across the road from Graceland. Set up the tent
and had some lunch before making our way to see Elvis’s house. The campground
was awesome all the little roads were named after Elvis songs and Elvis radio
was played throughout the park.
For the afternoon we decided to go and see Graceland, which was only a
short walk across the campground. The attraction had more of a theme park feel
not a house. After getting our tickets we lined up for the shuttle bus to take
us to the actual house that was just across the road. There was an audio tour
included with the tour so we put on the headsets and were on our way. We drove
through the famous musical note gates and pulled up to the house, not huge by
today’s standards but still a beautiful house.


The tour through the house was really cool; we could only see the first
floor and the basement, as the top floor was kept private. The rooms were all
very extravagant and state of the art design for the time. Our favourite rooms
were the bright blue and yellow TV room in the basement and the jungle room that
had green carpet from the floor to the roof.

We also got the see some of the
grounds around the house, rooms filled with Elvis awards and memorabilia.
Before we left we passed the meditation garden where Elvis and his parents were
buried. It was so awesome seeing and learning about Elvis. It was even more crazy when
we realized that he had passed on before we were even born.


After seeing the amazing house and hearing all about Elvis’s amazing achievements we were even bigger fans. Next we were shuttled back to the main entrance where we continued to look at the sights; the car and fashion museum, Lisa Marie private jet and the Elvis today exhibition.
We stopped in at the Graceland Harley Davidson before making our way back to the campground. There was an Elvis Presley Harley Davidson in the store that I sat on and took a picture with some Elvis sunnies.
For the afternoon we only had 2 places left to visit, Gibson guitar factory and the Rock n Soul museum. We hit the guitar factory first; you were not allowed to take any photos but very cool to see how the guitars were made. Each guitar took about 6 weeks to make and the production was crazy with about 50 guitars finished a day. Guitars were only made when ordered and were made in an arrangement of styles and colours.
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