Our Kentucky/Tennessee Vacation - Memphis

We arrived at our much nicer motel, Day's Inn, in Memphis about 8:00 PM and decided to just relax for the rest of the evening.  The next morning we walked about 1 1/2 blocks to Graceland.  We did the walking tour, which included the Elvis's mansion, the airplane (Lisa Marie), the car museum and several other things that were included in our tour.  It was pretty amazing to see and hear things about how Elvis lived.   We ate lunch at the Rockabilly restaurant and had Elvis' favorite sandwich on the menu.  It was peanut butter and banana and I can attest that it was pretty good.

Back of mansion

 

 Day 2 in Memphis included a trip downtown to Beale Street. When we first arrived I looked around and thought: what is the big deal here? We got out of the car and began to walk and I could hear musical groups playing the blues on the street and in the parks and restaurants. It was so much fun. I was walking down the street clapping my hands and just enjoying the sights and sounds.

We ate our lunch in a restaurant called Rendezvous.  I would say that none of us really enjoyed the food but we loved the atmosphere.  The entrance was in an alley which is very unique.  We did encounter a few homeless people and I understand that at night the streets are full of police.  After lunch we headed to the Gibson guitar factory and took the tour.  It was so interesting and we learned that it takes about 3 weeks to make one guitar.

Our last stop of the day was an outdoor bar with live entertainment.  We loved that and lingered for quite awhile.

Here are a few photos of our hotel in Memphis.  We ate dinner around the pool two of the nights we were there and one night we had dinner delivered from a restaurant called "Marley's".   The food was delivered by a very friendly fellow driving a pink Cadillac.  So much fun!