Graceland

The drive home from Missouri was going to be a two day affair, so we decided to break it up by stopping at Graceland along the way.  Had to- love Elvis. We arrived at Graceland (which is in the hood) and signed up for self-guided tour of the house and grounds.  They gave us each an ipad and a pair of headphones.  We used our ipads for the interactive tour.  Not only were we able to hear the audio, but we were also able to click on different icons on the ipad to access additional content (photos, video, etc.).  This was our first experience with ipads on a tour.  It was pretty cool.  

Graceland was a large-ish house with some interesting decor.  As we moved through the rooms our audio tour told us about the life of Elvis Presley.  There were a lot of things about him that I did not know prior to the tour.   

 Some of the most interesting rooms included the media room with three TVs...

 ...the billiard room with carpet on the walls and ceiling...

 ...and the jungle room (of course).

 The old raquetball court building has been converted into a trophy room.  We got to see a lot of Elvis's awards and a couple of the sequined jumpsuits.

 The tour ended with a walk though the memorial garden to see Elvis's final resting place.  After paying our respects, we loaded back into the car and continued our journey back home.