Sun recording studio where Elvis was discovered.
Peabody Hotel...the crossing of the ducks.
Graceland
Elvis' grave
Elvis' airplane "Lisa Marie"
Beale StreetWe had a busy day. First, we toured Graceland. We have lots of pictures of the inside if anyone is interested...let me know. Too many to put on the blog. We then, toured his airplane and the museum. Then we took a bus out to Sun Records to see the place Elvis first recorded a song and was discovered by Sam Phillips. The studio is now a historic building so is exactly as it was when he recorded. After that we took the bus down to Beale Street. Had a "big ass beer" and listened to some jazz. We also saw the Gibson guitar store...Jane, they had Baldwin pianos in there that were blue and one that was bright red! Wonder how much they got for those?
After we got home we decided to go eat bar-b-q ribs and ended up at Marlowe's and it was pretty good. We both had a hankering for ribs.
Oh, yeah, I almost forgot...when we were downtown we went to the Peabody Hotel because they have these ducks that swim in a little pond/fountain inside the hotel. The deal is, at 11:00 each am the duck master goes up to the elevator to ? floor where the ducks are swimming....and he leads them out of that pond, to the elevator, down to the pond in the bar/lobby area. At 5:00 each evening the duck master comes back and leads the ducks back into the elevator to the other pool for the night. John said he saw this on the travel channel. It was hilarious. You might have to zoom in on that picture to see it better. I thought they were so cute!
Tomorrow we are going out to Mud Island. I will let you know what it is when I see it.
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Now there's a part-time job for me if and when I ever retire - I could be a duck master! That's hilarious!
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