Graceland

One of the highlights of the trip, a visit to Graceland. But first we had to get there. Only 8 miles away by car but over 2 hours by bus. How? Easy really. The buses are only one per hour and you need to change buses half way. Almost as quick to walk.

Graceland was very good. Supposedly it is the second most visited house in the US. Nothing like the ridiculous European palaces but interesting to see what loads of money bought you in the 50s, 60s and 70s. Astounding amount of trivia. Receipts for everything, endless letters, birth certificate, school reports, photos, film clips, outfits, cars, bikes (including his first bike), planes. They were all there. Impressive Racquetball court that Elvis had built. He played here the morning of the day he died.

The only remarkable thing about our lunch of hot dog & fries was how well G's top matched the seating

On the way back we passed Sun Studios where a lot of the early records by Elvis, Cash, Roy Orbison were made.

Out for one of our first proper dinners, shared charcuterie followed by a shared rack of ribs. Excellent.

Walked back along Beale Street. For some reason you weren’t allowed to take your guns with you.Read more