2018 Aug 22, Kermits Outlaw Kitchen & Sites Tupelo, MS.

Hubby and I rode south on Natchez Trace, stopping at Pharr Mounds, where we saw three markers overlooking the Indian Mounds. Trade from Afar, Objects and Ideas, and Coming Home. 

Pharr Mounds 

Pharr Mounds Rest Area

We stopped at Natchez Trace Visitor Center Saltillo near Tupelo, a part of the National Park Service. 

The ranger gave me a map of the Trail of Tears. I also picked up Explore the Natchez Trace Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee: A Unique Journey from Natchez to Nashville and a book about Natchez, Mississippi (I hope to visit Natchez shortly).

There were signs throughout the center: Natchez Trace Parkway Center, The Heyday of the Old Trace, Transition, Who Traveled the Old Trace, The Old Southwest, The Mission to Remember, Traces of Tribes, and a bust of Meriwether Lewis. 

Visitor Center Natchez Trace, Mississippi

Visitor Center Natchez Trace, Mississippi

We stopped at the Tupelo Automobile Museum, where we saw over 100 various restored cars from the turn of the century to the present day car.  

The tour begins with a brief history of the museum and its founder, Frank Spain.
We saw a 1976 Lincoln Mark IV owned by Elvis Presley, Liberace's Barrister, one used in the movie The Great Race, New York to Paris, Richard Petty #23 NASCAR, BB King's Rolls Royce, & Chevy El Camino. We saw the 1948 Tucker, 1920 Cord L-29, 1937 Lagonda, and 1929 Duesjnberg, just to name a few.

Liberace's 1982 black "Barrister" Corvette was one of only seven made by California customizer George Barris. The extended body, multiple side pipes, and golden radiator grill were common to all seven, but the full-size candelabra bolted to the trunk is exclusively Liberace.

Richard Petty #43 NASCAR HE won his 200th and final race in Daytona

Elvis Presley 1976 Royal Blue Lincoln Mark IV
This car was given to a policeman who oversaw Elvis's security.

BB King 1978 Rolls Royce 

We stopped at the newly remodeled Tupelo Welcome Center on display is Tuple’s Elvis Story. Welcome to Tupelo and Elvis's Musical influence in Gospel, Country, Blues, and Modern Music. 

Elvis influenced Music in the gospel, Blues, Country, and Modern 

In Tuple’s Fair Park stands a statue of Elvis Presley holding a microphone and holding his hand out to welcome his fans. 

On October 3, 1945, a ten-year-old Elvis played to his first crowd on these grounds and took 5th place in a talent show.

We also saw a plaque with a picture of Elvis holding a guitar and guitars throughout the town of Tupelo.

The Elvis Presley statue stands on the site of the old fairgrounds where the concert took place, created by Mississippi sculptor Bill Beckwith.

We were told that Kermit's Outlaw Kitchen has the best food in town. 

So, we each ordered a fully loaded hamburger and fries.

Kermit's Outlaw Kitchen purchases its food from local farmers. The food was delicious. (One of the best hamburgers that I have eaten in a long time.)

Outside Kermits’s was a pile of wood and a raccoon holding a shotgun. 

Inside, hanging on the wall, was the outlaw Willie Nelson. 

Outlaw Burger 

Kermit's Outlaw Kitchen
KOK is a wood-fired grill that uses the freshest meats produced from local farms.