On May 30 we left for Memphis and stopped at Shiloh battlefield and drove on the Natchez Trace on the way. We went past the grave of Merriweather Lewis’s grave on the Natchez Trace which was very meaningful, especially to David.
On May 31 WE MET ELVIS!!! Graceland at 10 am. What an operation. The staging [...]

Well, the Grand Ole Opry was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to music here in the south.  The day after the Opry we headed first for the Gibson Banjo factory and something called the Gibson Showcase where, supposedly there was music all day.  What a major disappointment.  The factory had a [...]