RV There Yet?: Memphis, Tennessee

(Date of visit: January 12, 2011)

Our next stop brought us to the home of the King of Rock-n-Roll, Memphis, Tennessee and Elvis' Graceland. Cool, huh?

Believe it or not, there is an RV park right across the street from Graceland behind the Heartbreak Hotel (of course). I kid you not. Check it out: Graceland RV Park and Campground.

We thought visiting in the middle of the week in January would be a good time to go. I even said to Tom, "We'll probably have the place to ourselves. Who else would come here when it's so cold outside?" (It was freezing too!) I was wrong. We had to wait in line to get the shuttle over to Graceland. There are still a lot of Elvis fans out there.

Welcome to Graceland.

We put on our headsets that play the recorded tour. Unfortunately for Andrew he always seemed to be a day late and a dollar short. You would think that when the recording said, "Go to the next room and push play," he would, I don't know, go to the next room an push play?! Not so much. Bless his heart. By the end of the tour I suggested he take them off and let me carry them for him. It was easier that way.

The mansion was really beautiful in a 50's/60's/70's sort of way. It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be but I'm sure back in the day, it was a huge home. They don't let you go upstairs into the "private areas" which would have been cool to see and maybe that would have made it feel bigger. But don't get me wrong, it was still an incredible place to visit.

Walking around Graceland felt like walking back in time. The kitchen still had the harvest gold appliances and if I remember correctly there was an avocado green something or another in there too. I told the kids those were like the ones I had growing up. Who knew that my mom had such good taste?