MEMPHIS AND ELVIS ! THE KING LIVES !

IT WAS A WET DRIVE TO MEMPHIS. 122 MILES TOOK OVER 3 HOURS. WE LEFT LATE, BECAUSE OF THE RAIN AND TORNADO WATCHES. IT RAINED 5 INCHES IN 2 1/2 HOURS. I SAW A GUY BUILDING A REALLY BIG BOAT AND ANOTHER GUY WAS ASSEMBLING 2 OF EACH CREATURE HE COULD CATCH.

WENT TO GRACELAND THIS MORNING. IN THE FALL, IN THE COLD AND CLOUDY, WE STILL HAD TO WAIT ONE HOUR TO GET ON THE BUS TO GET TO THE MANSION.

A GREAT MUSEUM TO THE 70'S. IT IS AT IT WAS. QUITE WELL ORGANIZED AND INTERRESTING TO BOOT. HOWEVER, THE KITCH IN THE STORES IS UNBELIEVABLE.

YOU CAN BUY ELVIS ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF, AND ALL OVERPRICED. A "FAT ELVIS" JUMPSUIT, COMPLETE WITH CAPE AND BELT - $3300.00. IF CANADABUCKS WERE AT PAR.......MMMMAYBE???

THEN HEADED TO BEALE STREET - MEMPHIS BLUES, DELTA BLUES, RIBS AND BIG ASS BEER. THAT WAS GREAT.

TOMORROW IS THANKSGIVING. TURKEY DAY. WE WILL STAY PUT TIL MONDAY AND THEN HEAD FOR THE NATCHEZ TRACE TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI.

HOW U DOIN'?

I GOT A ROCK FROM LITTLE ROCK

PICS LATER !


WE LEFT FOR WARMER CLIMES. THEY ARE CALLING FOR A FLOODING STORM, SO, EAST WE GO. MADE IT TO ALMA, ARK. THE HOME OF TH AIREDALES, THE SPINACH CAPITAL OF THE WORLD. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?

FROM THERE, TO LITTLE ROCK. HOME OF THE BILL CLINTON LIBRARY. WHAT MORE CAN I SAY?

86 DEGREES AND SUNNY.

SAT IN THE ACTUAL PRESIDENT'S CHAIR IN THE CABINET ROOM. THE SEAT OF POWER. ASLO, IN THE CIA DIRECTOR'S CHAIR.

VERY INTERESTING DAY.

NOW, IT IS RAINING, POURING AND THUNDERING. WILL WAIT IT OUT BEFORE HEADING TO MEMPHIS FOR THE WEEKEND.

MOVIN' ON TO OKIE COUNTRY

WE ARE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE, TOTO !! WE ARE IN OKLAHOMA, WHERE THE WIND BLOWS ON THE PLAINS, AND DOES IT EVER BLOW. TIE YOUR HAT WITH BARBED WIRE.

MADE IT TO OK, AND MET OUR FIRST SOONER BOOMER AT A REST STOP. THEY TOLD US WHAT TO SEE AND EAT. GREAT FOLKS.

VISITED THE MEMORIAL AT NIGHT. VERY MOVING EXPERIENCE.

RETURNED THIS MORNING AND TOURED THE MUSEUM. ANOTHER MOVING EXPERIENCE. 168 KILLED FOR NO SENSIBLE REASON.

AFTER LUNCH WE HEADED TO NORMAN TO VISIT OU.

NICE CAMPUS, GREAT FOOTBALL STADIUM AND SOME FANTASTIC ART ALL OVER THE PLACE. GOT INTO SOME AREA THAT WE WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO IN, BUT, AS USUAL, IF YOU LOOK LIKE YOU BELONG, AND DO NOT CAUSE A STIR, EVERYTHING IS GOOD.

TOMORROW IS R&R, SUPPER AT THE CATTLEMEN RESTAURANT. 3 PRESIDENTS HAVE EATEN THERE, SO IT SHOULD BE GOOD !!!!


WE'RE HAVIN' FUN ! YOU???

GET OUT OF DODGE !!!!!!!

SATURDAY WAS A DAY OFF. EVERYONE HAD A TOUCH OF ALTITUDE SICKNESS, SO WE CLEANED AND DID HOUSEWORK AND MAINTENANCE. OFF TO BED EARLY AND ON THE ROAD AT 7 AM ON SUNDAY.

NO ONE ON THE ROAD. ONCE WE TURNED LEFT AT PUEBLO, COLORADO, THE WEATHER KINDA TURNED TOO. IT WAS COLD AND DRIZZLY. NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT, EXCEPT SOME OLD AND DUSTY TOWNS, WITH OLD AND DUSTY FOLKS.

WHO KNEW THAT COLORADO HAD SUCH A HUGE HISPANIC POPULATION.

WEIRD THING HAPPENED. JUST AT THE COLORADO - KANSAS BORDER ( EXACTLY AT THE LINE ) A BROWN VW VAN PASSED US --- WITH QUEBEC PLATES.

WE SAW SOME HUGE FEED LOTS. NOW WE KNOW WHERE BIG MACS COME FROM. AND THE SMELL CARRIES QUITE FAR.

WE ARE AT THE GUNSMOKE CAMPGROUND IN DODGE CITY. WENT TO BOOT HILL. JUST LIKE ANY BEACH TOWN, WITHOUT THE BEACH. KITCHY T-SHIRTS AND THE ENDLESS VARIETY OF CRAP CONTINUES. WENT TO BOOT HILL AND SAW THE STATUE OF WYATT EARP. DOESNT LOOK LIKE HUGH O'BRIEN AT ALL.

THEN WE WENT OUT TO SEE THE RUTS FROM THE CATTLE DRIVES ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL. THAT WAS TRULY AMAZING TO STAND WHERE PIONEERS DROVE MILLIONS OF CATTLE TO MEXICO. IT SAVED THE DAY.

TOMORROW, WE GET OUT OF DODGE AND HEAD FOR WICHITA AND ON TO OKLOHAMA CITY.