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North America » United States » Mississippi » Tupelo May 27th 2010

What a great day! After our bit of a fiasco yesterday, today was wonderful. Travelled south on the Natchez Trace Parkway. Native Americans, Kaintuck boatmen, post riders, government officials and soldiers all moved across this trail, creating a link between the Mississippi Territory and the fledgling United States. We travelled through forests, cypress swamps and farmland to meander through the rock-studded hills of Tennessee, cotton fields in Alabama, and Mississippi's marshes. And Robbie, eat your heart out, we went to Tupelo Mississippi, saw the house where Elvis was born, the church he went to etc. It was interesting. Robbie, bought you something. Took lots of pictures but cannot download them yet. Marcel, I tried very hard to get a picture of a wild turkey in flight, tried about 10 times, and so far, only got the ... read more

North America » United States » Mississippi » Tupelo May 13th 2008

Growing up in southern Virginia the word for uttering obscene phrases was called "cussing." This was something I rarely did there, and I've always attributed this to having much younger siblings in the household with a penchant for uttering these phrases back to you at the most inappropriate of times, to the mortification of visitors. Then, I moved to NYC, where cussing had never been heard of, but CURSING is an art form. On the trading floors across New York 4-letter words were as common a part of the vernacular as hello, I need coffee, and buy/sell. Elsewhere in the City they also flew out in casual conversations with rapid fluidity. Now, even back in NYC, my non-trading floor self really tried to keep that language in check - my deep Virginia roots still cringed every ... read more

North America » United States » Mississippi » Tupelo October 4th 2007

Back in April Debbie and Bev took me to Memphis for my 60th birthday. Wally was a big Elvis fan and the Graceland trip was one of our planned destinations. Our trip included him on our fun weekend. When I started to plan my trip from Hot Springs to Gulf Shores, Alabama I realized that Tupelo, Mississippi—Elvis’ birthplace, was just a short “jog” off my direct route. An opportunity not to be missed and because I travelled through Memphis on my way to Tupelo I am including some photos of Graceland along with the photos of Elvis’ first home. I must say that we were impressed with the reverence with which Graceland site has been developed, and this site is the same. Graceland stands alone in its grounds just as it did during Elvis’ lifetime; ... read more
Formal Sitting Room
Gravesite
Memphis

North America » United States » Mississippi » Tupelo December 23rd 2006

Well boys and girls, sorry for this late update. There have been so many things that happened since we last spoke, where do I begin? Well firstly, I'm in Grenada Mississippi, not Tupelo-it was the closest choice to what I had available. We're about 4.5 hours from The Husband's home in Louisiana. We drove all the way from Des Moines to Mississsippi in one day-back to the original plan. How did we get here, and a day late you ask? Well let me tell ya. Wednesday: I leave work about noon-it's raining and ugly outside in DSM. Ozy's been groomed and he's pretty. The house sitter guy flaked out on me, but I have a replacement coming at 2:30. We go pick up our last minute items and rush to the house to meet the house ... read more
Thru the Rain
Mississippi River Valley

North America » United States » Mississippi » Tupelo February 15th 2005

It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end. --Ursula K. LeGuin February 15, 2005, Tuesday. It was a foggy morning, as we drove the “trace” and stopped at Mississippi Craft Center. We continued driving to the French Camp, a public “religious” academy. In this village, we had lunch outdoors with homemade bread for our sandwich and soup, a neat place. The trace is slow, did I say 50 mph? It isvery beautiful and scenic for 10, 20, 30 even 40 miles but………….. Bob loves it???? I drove for 90 miles on the trace, to… would you believe, Tupelo, Elvis Presley’s birthplace. “Much to do about nothing…” To add insult to injury, they charge, just absurd! Bob loved it? Oh well! Bob continued driving ... read more
Evlis would eat his oatmeal here
Elvis slept here
House Elvis was born in




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