The small city of Tupelo has a population of only 38,000 but every year some 100,000 visitors make a pilgrimage to visit the birthplace of the King, Elvis Aaron Presley.
The birthplace museum occupies a site of some 15 acres … Read More
“I Went Down to the Crossroads…”
Today marked the end of our stay in Memphis as we took the first stage of our road trip to Clarksdale. Having let the rush hour traffic die down we loaded the car and commenced our drive south.
The route … Read More
All the Way From Memphis.
Memphis is the home of the blues, the birthplace of rock and roll, the city of soul and centre of so much civil rights history but every day hundreds of people gather in the city’s most exclusive hotel to see … Read More
Stormy Weather.
The lovely sunny weather that we experienced yesterday broke in the evening and we were treated to a wonderful thunder and lightening display. The rain was torrential with the roads becoming like small rivers. At one stage the pony and … Read More
Equal but Separate.
After the bling and glitz of yesterday’s visit to Graceland, todays first port of call was a little more sombre, the National Civil Rights Museum. This is housed in the old Lorraine Motel, the location of Martin Luther King’s murder … Read More