Elvis, BBQ, Cemetery, Mississippi, Beale street, Peabody and more BBQ

Graceland Mansion..

Elvis and family grave site

Elvis’ favorite sandwich, Grilled Peanut Butter and Banana sandwich..  mmm  good

The mansion was worth seeing, very interesting.  We also seen the two Jets, very nice…  very comfortable and of course first class all the way.  The Automobile museum was also very fun to see.  Lots of cars, motorcycles and even golf carts. 

Central BBQ for lunch, so far our #1 BBQ place.  This might even be better than my own ribs and pulled pork.  Rendezvous in Downtown for dinner.  So far the ranking is:  Central  BBQ, JR’s in KY, Rendezvous, St Louis then McDonalds..

We still have a at least one more to check out here in Memphis before the final ranking is in.

Elmwood Cemetery was established as one of the first rural garden cemeteries in the South. It is a beautiful and dignified final resting place aid towering trees and winding paths and lanes. 70,000 people are buried people here among the ancient Elms, Oaks and magnolias.

We then took a walk along the Mississippi River, its getting muddier at each stop.  Of course this will be our last stop on the Mississippi as we will be heading East.



Beale street was next on the agenda.  Listened to some blues, had a beer and browsed the shops.  The streets were starting to get crowded as we finished off our time there.



Peabody Hotel Ducks.  Of course we waited about an hour to view the duck march at the Peabody.

The Legend of the Ducks:  Back in the 1930’s, the General manager and a friend returned from a weekend hunting trip to Arkansas.  The men had a little too much Tennessee sippin’ whiskey and thought it would be funny to place their live decoy ducks (it was legal then for hunters to use live decoys) in the beautiful Peabody fountain. Three small English call ducks were selected as ‘guinea pigs”, and the reaction was nothing short of enthusiastic.  Thus began a Peabody tradition.  The ducks are marched out every morning at 11:00 am to the fountain and marched back out of the fountain into the elevator at 5:00 pm every evening.

The campground was filled with kids when we finally got back.  very noisy!