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Day 9 - July 7
Memphis, TN to Branson, MO
Miles traveled: 439
Local Music:
Elvis Presley of course.
The best part about Graceland, for me, was the costume museum. The car museum was also pretty cool. These are the things they've set up for you to do while you're waiting your turn to go to the mansion.
Once you get to the mansion, they pack you in like sardines, and you patiently shuffle forward while listening to the folks around you say things like. "I just don't believe it! It's all so beautiful! To think the he touched this very doorknob that I'm touching..." as so on. Eventually you get to see a room and generally they're OK, if a little bit showy. But if there's one thing you definitely take away from your tour it's this;
Elvis had an ugly kitchen.
Graceland shot all morning and a bit of the afternoon. I spent the rest of the afternoon, waiting for an oil change (I'd put a lot of miles on since last friday, and it was time again.)
I also hit the local grocery stores, and was able to find some GooGoo Clusters. For those of you who don't know, one of the things I wanted to do on this trip was get my hands on all the regional candy bars mentioned in Candy Freak that I hadn't had yet. With GooGoo clusters out of the way, and Val-o-milk being based in Kansas City and an easy pick-up later in the trip, the only one I'll be missing is 5-star bars from New England.
OK, I'm rambling here, but the point is, I didn't hit any other Memphis attractions.
