Graceland yard
They told us Elvis' cousin still maintains the yard after all these years.
Crowded
You can see the other tour waiting to get in to the house, there were so many tours. We were there a week before the 40th anniversary of his death. 80,000 people showed up the anniversary week!
Graceland!
They took us in a shuttle across the street to Graceland. We watched a short movie that encompassed Elvis' career and then we started walking around to the front of the house.
Ultimate VIP Tour
We figured if we're going to take a tour we might as well take the Ultimate VIP Tour.
WOW!
We've been to Graceland before. We took a self-guided tour. There used to be one building across the street with Elvis' cars and his airplanes were next door. This new complex just opened in time for the 40th anniversary and it is amazing!
Bill selfie!
A super-good pic of Bill :)
Saturday morning
After breakfast we headed out for Graceland. We had "Ultimate VIP Tickets." Our tour started at 9:45. The shuttle left at 9:30. We were a bit early so we sat outside and waited to make it on the first shuttle out.
Sweet and dry
They had two kinds of wine: sweet and dry. We were able to have one teenty glass of each!
Nice!
Our tour group had the place to ourselves.
Neat!
It looked like a wine cellar inside.
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Cute town
The town was very cute. Lots of shops and places to eat. We were pretty hungry! But we didn't feel well and it had been a long day so we opted to go to the winery and then back to the ship.
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Winery
Our last stop was the winery. They gave us the option of going to the winery and then they'd take us back to the ship or we could take our stuff and do some shopping in town.
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Neat old cemetery
Driving to our next stop we spotted this neat old cemetery.
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One last shot
A last shot of the view from the bus