Took a trip to Graceland since we had never been there before. Even though it is now "dated" it's still a very impressive place! It's amazing to think that someone who has been dead for so long is still so popular! One disappointment for the day...there were no Elvis impersonators there that day! There were several different parts of the tour...Elvis' car museum, Costumes, Elvis at Night (did you know he had insomnia?), his airplanes and then of course, Graceland itself.
The gameroom at Graceland is covered in material. I can't remember how many yards any more, but it was a LOT! The ceiling and all the walls are covered...my pictures don't do the room justice! It actually looked pretty good!Even when he was alive, Elvis wanted to maintain some privacy so you didn't see the upstairs of Graceland. That was the families private area. There was even a curtain at the top of the staircase so you really didn't see anything!
We didn't realize how much money that Elvis gave away. He was constantly donating to
various causes and it was also very common for him to give to complete strangers! There was an entire wall covered with cancelled checks that he had sent to different organizations, etc.!My last picture is only a very small area of awards that Elvis received over the years. It's amazing to think that a man who had earned so much, not only monetarily but in recognition and awards would die the way that he did. Of course, drugs were never mentioned...it said that he died from a heart problem.
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My deceased wife was a big Elvis fan. In 1995 we towed a travel trailer to Memphis, Carroll wanted to see if he really was dead. We stayed at the RV park (think KOA) next to the area where the Lisa Marie is kept, a little to the north of the visitors center. We really enjoyed the tour.
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