We made it to Memphis!

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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 a flashing sign BEGGING them to touch!! Outside, there was a really cool egg given by the Stained Glass Society of Memphis or something like that. It was so neat! I thought of Noelle and my mom. Noelle, because, well, because she's Noelle, and Mom because she loves stained glass. Anyway, after that, we rode around Memphis for a while. We saw the dorms where Marlowe lived, his practice field, (which he says is the hottest place on earth!), At about 4:30, we went to the Peabody Hotel to see the March of the Ducks! It was so cool! I didn't know about it until I was researching for the trip, but the Peabody Hotel is "the Grand Hotel of the South," and there are ducks that live in the "penthouse" on the roof of the hotel. Every day at 11:00, they come down in the elevator, walk across the red carpet and get into the fountain, where they play until 5:00. Then the "Duckmaster" calls to them. They climb out, shake off, walk back across the red carpet, into the elevator and up to their penthouse. The public is invited to go to the skyway to see their penthouse. It was so cool! There were lots of people, so we couldn't see great, but we saw it pretty well.

Then we went to check into the hotel, and the kids voted for pizza and TV, so that's what we did until now, when we are all crashing!

Tomorrow Graceland!

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[mimi pattisue]

I love Memphis!
This is so cool! Pix are great. Can't wait to see you tomorrow.