Day 37 - Graceland

Today was our first washout, literally. It was rainy and windy with thunderstorm and tornado warnings. However, the weather was not as bad as predicted and we made the most of the day.

In front of the mansion

We went to Graceland for a tour of Elvis' home in the morning. There were hardly any people there, so we got right in and we were able to spend as much time as we wanted. 

The mansion from the back yard

Then we checked out the famous Bass Pro Shop pyramid for lunch. The pyramid has an interesting outdoorsy concept inside with restaurants and bowling and an overnight lodge blending into the retail footprint. There is a glass elevator that goes to the top where there is a restaurant with a view of the Mississippi River. It was raining so hard when we were there that we couldn't even see the river or the bridge, so we opted to eat downstairs at the Wahlburger. It wasn't so great but it satisfied our hunger.


The rain subsided after lunch and we took a walk on the famous Beale St. Beale St. has seen better days! It is run down and there were hardly any people there ( It was raining though). We saw ranting vagrants and more security guards than visitors. Memphis is trying to redevelop its city, but it still has a lot of work to do.

We didn't know what to do at night. We didn't want to go back to Beale St. We looked online and found a different area of the city that has restaurants and live music. We ended up going to Lafayette restaurant for dinner, which had a live rock/country band named Cody Canada and The Departed. They were pretty good but we made it an early night.

We kept thinking back in disbelief of all the drama going on back home. A SWAT team with helicopters and rifles was all around our house yesterday as they arrested our next door neighbor, the dentist, who we almost never see. Nobody was hurt, that we know of, but it is all over the news because of the amount of weapons found in the home. You can check it out here if you are interested https://abc7ny.com/paul-carey-dentist-ghost-guns-massapequa/11574776/

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