2010 April 7, Wednesday, A day trip to Tulepo MS

Hubby and I traveled south along the Natchez Trace, stopping along the way to take pictures of markers. Bear Creek Mound, Pharr Mounds, Donivan Slough, Old Trace & Twenty Mile Bottom.

We arrived in Tupelo, MS, the birthplace of Elvis Presley. We walked around the house and looked inside, we walked along the Walk of Life printed on the granite marker laid around the birth home. We saw the statue of Elvis at age 13. We saw the Elvis Presley marker and the Blues marker, telling about his influence on Blues music. We walked into the church where Elvis and his family attended. We visited Elvis's chapel, "a place of meditation". We walked along the eight-foot "Story Wall", about Elvis's life told by friends of the family. We stopped to watch the fountain with thirteen upper spouts representing his life in Tupelo. We visited the gift shop. 
Our last stop was Memphis Bound, where we saw a replica of the 1939 green Plymouth that Elvis drove to Memphis, TN.

We rode downtown in Lee County, Tupelo, stopping to take pictures. We stopped at the Convention Center and saw the Shake Rag Blues Marker, which tells about Elvis's influence on Blues Music. Inside on display were pictures of Elvis and Elvis's White jumpsuit. 
We saw the Lyric Theater, where the family may have gone to see a movie. Our last stop in Tupelo was the Tupelo National Battlefield. 

Bear Creek Mound

Pharr Mounds

Pharr Mounds

Donivan Slough 

Old Trace 

Twenty Mile Bottom

Elvis Presley's birth home was built in 1934

Elvis Presley's birth home 

Statue of Elvis Presley as a boy

Elvis Presley's boyhood church 

Elvis Presley Museum 

1939 Plymouth

Shake Rag Blues Marker 

Shake Rag Blues Marker 

Colorful guitar with Elvis' face

Convention Center display of Elvis Presley and Marty Stewart

Fair Park and City Hall

Lyric Theater "All Shook Up" 

Tupelo National Battlefield

Battle of Tupelo and The Western Campaign 1864

We ate lunch at Cracker Barrel.

Tupelo National Battlefield 

We took a different route home. We stopped in Red Bay, Alabama, where I took a few pictures of a mural on the side of a store building, and some war memorials. 

Mural in Red Bay

Music Hall of Fame in Tuscumbia 

We ended our trip by stopping at the Music Hall of Fame to take a picture of the Blues Marker.

The Blues Trail from Mississippi to Alabama 

The Blues Trail from Mississippi to Alabama 

It had been a full day of driving south on the Natchez Trace, stopping to see several sights. A stop at Elvis Presley's birth home site. We made a stop at the Lee County-Tupelo Convention Center.

We visited the Tupelo National Battlefield. We ate lunch at Cracker Barrel. We stopped in Red Bay. Our last stop was at the Music Hall of Fame, where the Alabama to Mississippi Blues Marker was located.