"Don't Be Cruel"

We began this morning with a tour of Graceland, Elvis’s mansion. It just seemed like the thing to do while in Memphis. Graceland is an incredible house. Here are a few of my favorite pictures:

We continued the “tourist” theme after Graceland by heading to the National Civil Rights Museum, located at the former Lorraine Hotel where Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. This museum had a very interesting overview of the civil rights era, but there was too much text in the exhibits. It was impossible to read everything. The highlight of the museum was seeing the balcony where MLK was shot, as well as the bathroom across the street where James Earl Ray allegedly fired the fatal bullet (I say “allegedly” because, according to the museum, there are actually a few different theories as to who was involved in the assassination, although most people beleive that Ray acted alone).


We then drove around downtown Memphis before going back to Beale Street for dinner. We went to Alfred’s, where a 20-piece band played Big Band tunes.

Tomorrow (Monday) the plan is to leave in the morning to go to Little Rock, check into a hotel, make sure the kitties are settled, and then go see the Clinton Presidential Library. We have decided to stop in Little Rock even though it is only two hours away because the cats do not seem to mind traveling, and because the truck with all of our furniture will not arrive in San Antonio until Thursday at the earliest. As long as the cats are ok, we might as well see the country and sleep in real beds while we wait for our stuff. Tomorrow night we hope to catch a minor league baseball game.

I hope everyone is doing well. I will try to post from Little Rock tomorrow night or Tuesday morning.