Memphis, TN

Our first stop was Memphis. It was great weather, and the drive was beautiful. We followed the Mississippi river down and even stopped at the trail of tears rest stop and visitors center in Illinois. After catching up on our history, we made it to the point of Illinois and finally crossed the mighty Mississippi.

This is the double "M" pose we established for our crossing of the Mississippi into Memphis.

We first went to historic Beale street (home of the blues) and did some shopping and browsing through some of the old bars and music hot spots. This put us in a rockin' spirit, and we decided it was time to pay a visit to the king.

This is Elvis's Graceland from the front gate. It was all decorated for Christmas, complete with a larger than life nativity in the front yard.

Part of the tradition is to sign the front wall and pay tribute to the king. This is a small area outside the front gate to the mansion. There are names covering every square inch of the walls around graceland.

As we left Memphis, bound for New Orleans, we found a perfect place along the Mississippi for a dog walk and break. Daisy loves to run at top speed from one of us to the other, so we let her run the length of this grass patch before we got in the car for a long drive to New Orleans.