Laurie’s got a quick recap of our Memphis trip on her blog for everyone. I microblogged (Twittered) much of the trip but I figured I’d give everyone a quick recap here as well.
a – we left early Thursday morning
b – stopped and grabbed a pic near the Texas/Arkansas border
c – found a Geocache at a rest stop where we ate lunch
d – stopped in Arkadelphia to fill up and found out they don’t like loud music
e – drove from there to Memphis
f – arrived at the hotel around 4ish and then headed downtown to Beale St
g – ended up at an Irish pub for dinner
h – stopped at the Lorraine Motel and took photos of the place where Dr. Martin Luther King was gunned down April 4, 1968
i – took some night pictures of the Mississippi
j – woke up Friday morning and headed to Graceland, home of Elvis Presley
k – it was well worth the visit but they have turned that area into a money making tourist trap for Elvis Presley Enterprises
l – signed our name to the fence outside Graceland
m – ate lunch back at the hotel and then headed to Sun Studios where Elvis recorded his first single and U2 recorded several songs while filming and recording Rattle and Hum
n – found another geocache along the banks of the Mississippi River
o – enjoyed a nap and then had dinner at Chick-fil-A
p – woke up the next morning and headed back to Graceland to grab a Sun Studio hat — funny that the Sun Studio hat I wanted was at Graceland and the Elvis keychain Laurie wanted was at a store near Graceland, not at Graceland
q – drove 4 or 5 miles south to Mississippi and found our first geocache in Mississippi
r – headed back to downtown Memphis and toured the Gibson Guitar Factory — before arriving Laurie suggested maybe we should buy me another guitar while we were there. i was all for that (and still am) but figured she didn’t realize how expensive Gibson Guitars really are. besides knowing how great the look and sound – after seeing how they make their guitars by hand we both understand why they’re so expensive.
s – found some great Memphis BBQ at Corky’s on the east side of Memphis. Laurie says it tops her favorite, Red, Hot & Blue. i may have to agree but i don’t know if any BBQ tops the great BBQ at Cyclone Corral BBQ outside Temple, Texas.
t – made a random stop at Target and bought Elvis’ 30 #1 hits — another random Elvis purchase away from Graceland ($9 compared to $22)
u – headed back to Dallas Sunday morning
v – stopped along the way for another geocache in Arkansas and dropped off a travel bug and grabbed a new one – didn’t realize till we were back home that the travel bug we grabbed was actually on it’s way to Memphis and not away from it – DOH!
w – stopped in Sulphur Springs to see family and to see Bryan and Amanda’s new house
x – it’s very Oyler-esque – all the way to Bryan’s collection of John Deere collectible tractors
y – ate dinner at Snuffers in Rockwall – mmm Snuffers
z – arrived back home around 9 after picking Presley up from Laurie’s parents
So there you have it – Memphis A-Z. Hope you enjoyed our trip. We sure did.
