My husband drove our 1980 Camel Brown Chevrolet Malibu to Memphis, Tennessee, where we visited the Memphis Zoo, Graceland, and the Memphis Airport.
Description of what our children were wearing that day.
My oldest son was wearing a white pullover shirt, Levi jeans, and a Braves cap. My daughter was wearing brown jeans, a white T-shirt, and brown sandals. My middle son was wearing Levi's jeans, a yellow T-shirt, and blue tennis shoes. My youngest son was wearing a Dallas Cowboys jersey, Levi jeans, and white tennis shoes.
We visited the 76-acre Memphis Zoo, home to more than 3,500 animals and over 500 species.
In the Northwest Passage, we saw polar bears and sea lions.
In the Central Zone, we saw giant pandas, otters, blue magpies, hogs, deer, and cranes.
At Primate Canyon, we saw gorillas, orangutans, and siamang gibbons.
In the West Zone, we saw Komodo dragons, toucans, and fresh and saltwater fish.
In the farm area, we saw ducks, a donkey, a mini pig, a Jersey cow, goats, a prairie dog, a rabbit, and a Caspian horse.
In the herpetarium, we saw alligators, lizards, and frogs.
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| Memphis Zoo |
We visited Graceland, Elvis Presley's home.
Graceland is a large white-columned mansion that opened to the public in 1982.
In 1982, you could walk around the grounds without paying a fee.
We walked through the front music gates that were open to the public. The gates were designed by Abe Saucer for Elvis and custom-built by John Dillars, Jr.
We walked around the Meditation Garden, constructed in 1964-1965 and built for Elvis as a place for contemplation.
The garden's centerpiece is a circular twelve-foot fountain pool with five single jets of water and a larger one in the middle, all lit by colored floodlights.
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| Graceland |
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| Graceland Pond |
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| The Memphis Airport |
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| The kids standing outside at the Memphis Airport |
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| Memphis Airport Postcard |
Our next stop was the Memphis Airport located at 2491 Winchester Road, Suite 113, Memphis, Tennessee 38116.
We walked through the airport terminal to watch the different jets take off and land.
We saw jets from Delta, Northwest, United, Continental, and American Airlines. We even got to walk inside and tour one of the planes.
On our trip home, my head started to ache. I told my husband it would be nice to get a hotel room for the night, but he said he'd drive home and sleep in his own bed.
I climbed into the backseat to lie down to relax my head, and the boys moved up front.
The next thing I knew I heard sirens and a State Trooper pulled us over.
He said my husband was speeding, and he gave him a ticket.
How ironic that he did not save a penny by speeding to get home. We could have spent the night in a lovely hotel for the cost of the speeding ticket.
It would have been a great trip, and staying the night in a hotel room would have been relaxing.
We had fun at the Memphis Zoo, the Memphis Airport, and Graceland.
Getting a headache and my husband getting a speeding ticket was not the way I would have liked this adventure to end.
Some adventures are fun, some are not, but what is life without some sort of adventure?
What will my next adventure be?
Graceland!
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