Memphis (AND Mississippi!)

We stayed at an RV park in Mississippi so now we can both say we’ve been to the state.
We spent most of our time in Memphis, which we really enjoyed. So much history and great old buildings!

The Historic Peabody Memphis

OK, so are we the only ones who didn’t know about the “Internationally” famous Peabody Hotel Memphis Ducks? These ducks come down from their rooftop pond and jump into the lobby fountain at 11 am and 5 pm every day. There is a Master of Ceremonies, an elevator trip and a walk on the red carpet as these ducks run to the lobby fountain. It all started 90 years ago with a bunch of drunk hunters and their live decoys…hmmm, that’s surprising! The Peabody even has has signature cocktails to celebrate the fun!

Beale Street

The Home of the Blues - “the Memphis Blues”. Think Louis Armstrong, Muddy Waters, B.B. King. They block the street off on the weekends and most of the bars have live music all day long.

MLK

Now the home of the Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Hotel, where Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony outside Room 306 on April 4, 1968. A wonderful Civil Rights and MLK Tribute.

Victorian District

Well this ls not really a district…but a single block of huge Victorian homes. “Millionaire’s Row” in it’s day.

Elmwood Cemetery

I just finished the book Before We Were Yours (I couldn’t put it down.) It was a story about the Memphis branch of the Children’s Home Society run by Georgia Tann. She was the engineer behind stealing children from poor white families to sell to wealthy families. A horrific scandal. It is estimated that 5,000 children were stolen - 500 of them died from poor care, disease and abuse. We went to see the Memorial at Elmwood Cemetery for those children.

Graceland and Elvis

Wellllll, we didn’t go in to do the tour, but we did stop at Graceland!

You can just hear the comments in this heat…..ARE YOU SERIOUSLY TAKING A PICTURE OF ME WHEN I’M SWEATING LIKE A DOG?? TURN THAT CAMERA OFF! Look at these happy faces……