http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Tennessee , Memphis en-us Mon, 09 Nov 09 11:06:47 +0000 Mon, 09 Nov 09 11:06:47 +0000 Mark postingAs Liz mentioned we had an exhausting day of packing on Thursday and we followed that up with a marathon day of driving beginning very early on Friday. More than seventeen hours after leaving DC we arrived in Memphis TN safely and with all our belongings in tow. We found our hotel the Holiday Inn Select with only a minor hiccup that being when the Garmin proudly announced we ha http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-447971.html Day 8I awoke in a dingy hotel room but then I went to sleep in one as well. The bed sucked and there was no matters pad just a too small too thin sheet. Alas that is all a distance nightmare tonight. Four states distance. I started in Missouri took a bridge into Illinois and another into Tennessee and stopped at the post office and the cross at Fort Jefferson Kentucky. This monument overlook http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-433413.html Arriving in Memphis I meet my newest couchsurfing host Carolina. She picks me up from the station and takes me to her studio apartment. The next day is filled with downtown Memphis. Well that was the plan. What I didn't take into account was the heat. On the other hand sitting in a Memphis bar is not the worst thing in the world be it night or day. Later the visit to the Civil Rights museum http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-432887.html Hi AllWe arrived in Gatlinburg on Sunday August 23rd. As I said in the last blog it was a long drive but once we settled in and explored the area we really liked it there. Our campsite was so nice. We were right on the creek with shade trees all around. It was a small campground but that was just fine with us. The worst part was getting to Gatlinburg through Sieverville and Pigeon For http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-432692.html Southaven is where we stayed the night. It's just outside Memphis Tennessee. We left the hotel about 10am and arrived at Graceland at 1030.The 14acre estate features the mansion that was home to Elvis from 1957 until his death in 1977 as well as an Elvis Presley Museum stables and Elvisrsquo final resting place in the Meditation Garden..The white columned mansion seems almost modest from http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-432081.html August 27th 2009Dorothy of The Wizard of Oz fame once said well actually she said it many times 'there's no place like home'. It was a sentiment at the front of my mind whilst sitting in my lovely hotel room in Amarillo TX about two weeks ago now. Whilst this trip has been amazing fascinating eyeopening sometimes I would just like to go home. You ever had that feeling Turns out someon http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-431611.html Hello Monday today I dropped the family off to go shopping at Walmart while I went and had a yak to the local Dodge dealer.They have some really nice Dodge Challengers over here theyre like a charger but better. One he had on the lot had a 6.1L Hemi he reckons they sell one a week. Then I went and bought some stuff from home depot to build me a shelf in my cupbards on my side of the bed. Then http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-430080.html Davenport Iowa Memphis TennesseeSunday 28th September Day 34Today we were heading for Memphis but we still had a little time to spend with Kelly and Robbie before we left and with Bradlee and Dustin playing on the game cube. We went out for breakfast somewhere I forget sorry but eventually had to say goodbye and head off back through Davenport over to Moline airport in time to tak http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-427190.html Attempted to go to Denny's for our free brekkie..... It took them half an hour to take our order.. and we had to be at the bus another 10 mins after that so when our food didn't come we just gave up and went without... So angry and shattered too..Ran to the bus we were on our way to Graceland Elvis's mansion was amazing and very pretty. You're not allowed to go upstairs because even when alive h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-426783.html At Easter this year my husband and I took a trip across the lower part of the USA starting in the bustle of Atlanta and quickly heading north to the Smoky mountains and the mini Vegas style Pigeon Forge. The road was dark and winding with bears and raccoons raiding rubbish bins at each passing picnic site but when we finally arrived it was a mix of Southern hospitality and the big bright brashn http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-426122.html Hola Folks So this is the first entry in my travel blog for my experience in Europe. I'm actually quite excited to be studying at Oxford and touring parts of the continent. For the past few months I've been getting a lot of questions about where I'm going and what I'm doing so I thought it'd be cool to do a blog so that you lovely people can keep up with my doings Ok so I just finished the first http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-425642.html Memphis to New Orleans 33cAfter having a relatively chilled out day yesterday alongside a fairly early night and a good nightrsquos sleep I woke up feeling very refreshed and ready for the long driving day ahead. Waking up at 715am Scott and I got ourselves and all of our belongings ready and down for the coach departure at 745am.I managed to doze off back to sleep again during the first http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-425425.html Temp 27C muggy tho.Today we had to be at the coach by 830am for our trip out to Graceland. We arrived and jumped on a shuttle over to Elvis's Graceland Mansion. It was such a pretty house. All the inside was still set up as it originally was when he was there the jungle room the trophy room even his parents bedroom. We weren't allowed on the 2nd floor as Elvis never let anyone up there whe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-425111.html Temp 35CDay 32 We had to have bags to the bus by 745am. One of the girls slept in therefore we didnt end up leaving til 8. We got on our way. We passed though a little town called Hope in which Bill Clinton grew up. and reached the border of Texas and Arkansas Texarkana. We made a quick stop took a photo straddling the border and moved a little bit further into the town for lunch. We had KF http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-425110.html Memphis 33cSomehow I managed to get up early enough this morning to make the bus to Graceland We departed for Graceland soon after 8am and Scott and I were definitely still a bit drunk when we woke up after our three and a half hour sleep We were still giggling as much as we were the night before and running on the adrenalin of the night before too.We arrived at Graceland just before 9am and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-425106.html As usual had to be on the bus by 7.45am though we ened up being delayed 15 minutes by someone anyway...Slept on the bus most of the way... Only stopped a couple of times and most weren't that interesting anyway.. We did stop in Little Rock where Clinton was governer for years and years and years before becoming President.We also stopped in Texarkana which is situation on the stateline between http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-424876.html Gleich nach einer Meile auf der Bruecke ueber den Mississippi River beginnt Arkansas. The Natural State 27th groesster Bevoelkerung 27 Mill 33rd.Wir Deutschen sagen immer schoen ArKAEnsAEs gesprochen wird es aber Arkansaw und diese Ausdrucksweise ist sogar vom General Assembly 1881 festgelegt worden. Heute ist es keine grosse Strecke wir wollen nur nach Hot Springs AR und dort in den h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-423536.html We got up this morning in St. Louis but we were moving slow We made it to Memphis about lunchtime. WE had lunch outside by the river at the Welcome Center. There were some pretty cool statues inside the BB King Elvis Presley Welcome center the kids thought it was neat. I threatened the boys within an inch of their lives when I read the sign that said Don't Touch Alarm Protected That's liike http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-414277.html It's 730 AM. I'm sitting in my office at work. It's my last day here. This job's been good to me. I've made more money here than any other I've ever had and I've been endowed with full daytoday control of every aspect of this furniture store's operations. Being the boss is good. But this is not my purpose.I'm quitting the best job I've ever had so that I can travel through South America for 4 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-407781.html Memphis Elvis lives Mt. Vernon The Biltmore and now Graceland Actually it's an interesting 1970's time capsule. The house while compared to today's McMansions is actually very modest it provides insight into Elvis's values and the fact that he bought it when only he was 22 and always called it home. As did his mom and dad and grandmother Minny Mae who outlived them all. You cannot com http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-404982.html