Day Five: Little Rock, Arkansas YIPPPIIIEEE!

Today, we drove from Memphis to Little Rock. On the way, I fulfilled my dream of going to Graceland! I've been wanting to go there for years now. It was a blast. We saw a fair amount of Elvis' jumpsuits, his uniform from when he was in the service, and his house. Inside his house we saw his parents' room, his racquetball room, and everything else except the upstairs because that level of the house was always private when he was alive, and they've kept it that way ever since! In the backyard, there is a pool, fields for the Graceland horses, a water fountain, and his parents', grandma's, twin brother's, and Elvis' graves. We bought an Elvis mug, some postcards, and a biography of Elvis. Mom's favorite part of the experience was looking inside the customized airplanes. She also said that she was happy to take me to Graceland because of my obsession with Elvis. My favorite part was seeing this famous guy's house and also seeing his actual costumes. It just made me so happy to be there. It made it so much better that someone that I love was also there! I just wish that my Dad and sis could've been there, too. For lunch mom ate a veggie hamburger and some fries which she thought was "the exact lunch she was looking for!" I tried a grilled peanut butter and banana sandwich. It was pretty good. I've never had one of those before, it was sweet and the right amount of mushy: not as hard as rock. Elvis actually liked grilled peanut butter and banana sandwiches so it was cool.

When we were driving from Tennessee to Little Rock, we really liked the scenery. It was so green out there! We wouldn't see stores or any other manmade thing for miles at a time. Mom says, "I was surprised about how flat it was." It just makes me happy how friendly people are. Like when we were talking to one of the chambermaids at our last hotel about her dogs. She said to us, "You're leaving me already?!" But then we had a very nice talk.

Then, later today after we drove into Little Rock, we had dinner at Juanita's. Mom ate a spinach mushroom enchilada. She thought it was very good. I ate an enchilada and a burrito. I thought they were very spicy. But maybe that's because I ate too many chips with spicy salsa. I also thought the burrito tasted like a hot dog, even though I've never eaten a hot dog. I'd give the burrito a 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 since I wasn't choking it up.

Tomorrow, we plan to see Harry Potter 6 in a theater in Oklahoma. It comes out tonight at midnight. I'm so excited!~!!!!:)

Sorry about the bad joke about me being a bad travel companion. My grandmother took it seriously. Mom says that she actually loves traveling with me, and we're both having so much fun on this cross-country road trip.
~Mary and Ellie

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