Opted for a day tour with Memphis BestTours as a way to spend our day. The morning was spent touring around Memphis in a small bus seeing the sights of the city, lunch in Beale Street, and then the afternoon at Graceland. The morning tour was interesting, but we didn't have many opportunities to get off the bus and see the site. A bit disappointed we didn't stop at Sun City Studios, the recording company that launched the careers of many Blues, Country and Rock...

Cajun Pride Tours for a 'Swamp & Plantation Tour' cost us $90 per person for a day out of New Orleans exploring the countryside.   Our driver, 'Caesar', an Afrian American, had a rather fast southern drawl, using repetitive sayings, it  really did take some fine ear tuning to comprehend! There was a lot lost in translation!!!  However, as we drove through the French Quarter, Caesar was quite happy to tell us that a "month or so ago there was a killin' on...