Last trip for the day was to Sun Records where Elvis made his first recordings. The scene of the famous picture with Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Roy Orbison. Delaney and I saw the play "Million Dollar Quartet", which recreated that night. The place has a special feeling to it and it is very cool to be standing where they did.

Graceland is pretty amazing and there does not seem to be any end of people who want to come and see where Elvis and his family lived. From the rooms and the stories it just seemed like they had many wonderful times and Elvis created an atmosphere of fun. He also was a very generous person

We took a tour of the Gibson factory in Memphis. The tour guide was the best tour guide ever. He knew about the guitars from start to finish was excited and passionate about their product but talked in a monotone from beginning to end. There was one person on the tour, there is always one, asking kind of know it all questions, seemed like he was trying to stump the guide. Chris and I did the mind meld silent talk of here he goes again. He could not stump t...

Memphis Zoo is small enough that you can get around most of it. We had a few hours so we took a quick trip and watched the bears eat and the polar bears sleep.

We walked along the Mississippi River. The area seems to be in the process of gentrification. New construction in housing and commercial properties all around. Guz's famous chicken gets great reviews so we headed there for lunch. There seem to be people waiting every hour of the day. The predominate signage says shut up and eat. Quite a bit of food but very good.