“Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old things they are not forgotten
Look away, look away, look away Dixieland…”
(An American Trilogy – Elvis Presley)
Yes, the series of upcoming posts is about a family trip to Memphis, Tennessee to visit the famed home of the King of Rock n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, but it begins at my home. Well, actually it begins in Tallahassee, Florida because that’s where part of my family departed when they saddled up to head north to Nashville, Tennessee. I could write a lot, I really could, but to save you some time…. I’ll sum up their 9 hr trip by saying this: they left Tallahassee and next, they arrived in Nashville… much to my joy and excitement! That was Thursday. Early Friday morning we packed up and headed west to Memphis. Take a look at the first part of our trip in these pictures…
Morning fog over a river… 
My dad, the Captain, driving us to Memphis (mom and sister in the back seats sleeping)…
Nearing Graceland…
Even closer to Graceland than we were in the last picture…
Entering the museum across the street from the Graceland mansion…
Welcome to Graceland!
Part of the intro video before shuttling over to the mansion… 
Check back tomorrow for more from this spectacular family trip!
UDPATE: here’s part 2
-Out of the Wilderness
