flew to memphis to meet up with simon and met the other guys Scotty from Wollongong and Johny & Dan from NZ. Passed over the Missisippi and saw the pyramid stadium... sadly didnt make it to graceland..next time [View Full Entry]

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Ok, so I went to Tennessee for a funeral (which was funny in a cynical way), but since I had a day to kill between the funeral and going home, my dad and I spent a delightful day in Memphis. At first, we only found the bad parts of town that reminded us of Flint and we were disappointed. I thought that maybe there wasn't much to Memphis, and we decided that we should at least drive by Graceland. It's a big white house. I'm glad we didn't pay to go in, but it was cool to see. The best part [View Full Entry]

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A weekend trip to see New Busch Stadium in St Louis and then a couple of art museums (The Dixon and the Brooks) in Memphis. The food highlight of the trip was the pork at Interstate BBQ in Memphis. FANTASTIC! [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Memphis yesterday afternoon under blue skies....first time since we left New Bern. Memphis is a great city. As much as Nashville is country, memphis is Blues and Rock. There a lot of life in this town and everyone is casual, laid back and happy. The specialty here are dry rubbed ribs...excellent! We also took a horse carriage tour around town which was great. The funniest of all: we went to the Peabody hotel, the most luxurious hotel in Memphis to see a group of trained ducks walk from the fountain where they spend the day to the elevators. [View Full Entry]

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Day of 1 of Leg 3: I dropped Jackie off at the airport at 6:45, got my workout in (got my mojo workin' as they say down here) and was at the door of the Country Music Hall of Fame when it opened at 9:00AM. I had to slip this in, even if for just an hour, before John and I left for Memphis. It brought back a lot of memories from my childhood days listening to country music. One of my favorite "artifacts", strange as it may seem, was the sampling of Porter Wagoner's stage suits. I had forgotten how [View Full Entry]

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Having left off our last journal with the bombing in Oklahoma City we're going to be continuing our theme of doom with a journal bookmarked by two assassinations. For conspiracy fans the conspiracy museum in downtown Dallas is a must. The video we saw probably challenges many of the accepted explanations of what happened that day when President Kennedy lost his head to the assassins bullet, but some unnecessarily colourful images of the moment the fatal bullet struck home is the only memory I have of that particular visit. It's one of those things I wish I could 'un-see'. For a [View Full Entry]

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The Mississippi Delta was shining Like a National guitar, I am following the river Down the highway Through the cradle of the civil war, I'm going to Graceland Graceland In Memphis Tennessee I'm going to Graceland! Axel was sent to Memphis, Tennessee to assist with a lateral promotions board for two weeks. In the middle, Laurie flew in on her way back from Maryland to check out Graceland and enjoy a few special treats. We began the day with an elaborate tour of Graceland: the Elvis Presley Mansion, Airplane, Car Museum, etc… It was very interesting to walk through the [View Full Entry]

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I flew in to Vicksburg several days ago to attend my best friend Derek's wedding. And like all good weddings, it isn't complete until you've done the obligatory bachelor's party. New Orleans was our first choice due to its close proximity to Vicksburg, a measly two hours drive away. Since the city, however, was still recovering from the Katrina disaster, we scratched it off our list and went to plan B. Thus all eyes shifted northward to the great city of Memphis, Tennessee. I've never been to Tennessee much less Memphis, but I've heard a great deal about the place. [View Full Entry]

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Walking in Memphis…… Yep, we were walking in Memphis and finding it easy to get around! The main area of interest was only a half hour walk away so that was real handy. Left Memphis a few days ago (we are in Houston at the moment) and loved it. It was such an awesome place, friendly and relaxed, great nightlife as well. Neither of us were massive Elvis fans either but the first leaflet we picked up was the Graceland one! Boring stuff first…hotel was great (and cheap), clean big room, free breakfast, greyhound trip was ok….as ok as they can [View Full Entry]

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The journey from Chicago to Memphis was ok, the bus was not totally full and we stopped a few times so could stretch our legs. We jumped in a taxi from the station to our budget hotel, this time the budget hotel was good (not like the hole in Richmond). We just chilled out the first night as arrived late, watched some trashy TV as have not seen any TV for a while (which is a good thing!). I am so gutted, my trolley which I pull my rucksack around on is broken!!!! I will have to find another one soon [View Full Entry]

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