Day 2...Graceland & Texas!

We made it to Texas...we're about 7-1/2 hours from Grandma; we'll finish that leg of the trip in the morning! Today we started with an early tour of Graceland & the museums they offer in their Platinum package! This is a picture of LaDonna & I in front of the outdoor pool at the mansion.

We loved the tour. It was an amazing display of a 'larger-than-life' life.

When I was a little girl, I was a huge Elvis fan. I loved his music and his movies! As I got older, I had an appreciation for his talent, but wouldn't say I was a huge fan. For today, I was a fan, again--and thoroughly enjoyed the moment!

I could go on and on about this, but I feel certain that there are web-sites dedicated to JUST Elvis details...so I won't bore you here with those! I would recommend this experience to anyone going to Memphis (or, as in our case, anywhere NEAR there--hilarious!)!

I'm trying to multi-task on this 'vacation'...hours driving in the car lends itself well to sing alongs, lots of conversation & laughter...but also, LaDonna has been quizzing me on GRE vocabulary words...we even stopped today (very quickly) to purchase a small dictionary so she could tell me the derivative & pronunciation of each word...I know, I know: we are such geeks...but, at this point in time, that's a really good thing.

Seriously, as we drove in to Texas, the temperature rose about 6 degrees! It is really hot where we're headed...so, we'll have the top down in the morning, early, as we travel through Dallas! By the time we hit the dessert in the afternoon: not so much! I'm pretty sure we'll want the a/c on HIGH!!!

We ate dinner with an old friend from high school tonight. That was fun, he'd moved to a town in Texas in the middle 80's ...so it was good to re-connect with him. (this 'reunion' was made possible thanks to facebook!)

Other-ness for today: In the Great Adventure reading this morning, from I Kings: the Queen of Sheba visited King Solomon, and 'the 1/2 had not been told' to her concerning his vast wealth. No other king lived like him, neither 'before or since.'

...I can't even imagine that kind of wealth. Especially, considering the display of wealth that I witnessed where I started my day today!

What a display!

What a perspective!

What an era!