Even though I was REALLY pressed for time in getting to Texas, I decided that no visit to Nashville would be complete without a visit to Graceland, the home of Elvis Presely.
I dont know if you all can read the sign in the picture, but I'm sure you heard about the gas shortage in some parts of the country, and little beknownst to me, I drove right through the middle of it about a week after it was at its worst:
After a restful nights sleep in a hotel next to the famous Grand Ole Opry, I started out the morning by heading over to Graceland!
The physical "mansion" of Graceland is actually quite small, many suburban McMansions are bigger, but the complex built around it is HUGE. Accross the street there is an Elvis Presley visitors center, at which you purchase (suprisingly expensive) tickets to get on a shuttle bus accross the street to the actual mansion. Stepping inside is just like stepping into a bad 70's dream, but extraordinarily interesting:
Elvis died right at the top of these stairs:
Elvis' TV Room:
Billiards Room. Wow...:
Jungle Room:
Kitchen:
Lisa Marie's Swing Set:
The King and his Family:
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