Tanger Outlet Blues Trail South Haven, MS

Tanger Outlets 

Documenting the Blues Miss US 71
Hubert Sumlin
Howlin'Wolf
Robert Johnson
Birthplace of America's Music
MISSISSIPPI 

Peavine Railroad
Albert King 

"One of The Best"
"Our knowledgeable friend and Blues tour guide described the B.B. King Museum as one of the best museums she had ever been to, and I agree. Allow several hours for this visit, and make a special trip to Indianola. You won't be sorry. My three teenage sons learned a great deal. Fantastic displays, many of which were interactive."
-A visitor from Houston, Texas
400 Second Street, Indianola, S www.bbkingmuseum.org
BB King Museum

"Brought Me to Tears"
"This was our last stop on our Delta Blues Pilgrimage. And we saved the best for last. A beautiful building and museum. A part of the museum is a cotton gin where BB King used to work. The exhibit traces his childhood through to the present day. The video of him speaking about his life brought tears to my eyes. Worth the drive to Indianola."
-A Visitor from Mobile, Alabama
400 Second Street, Indianola, S www.bbkingmuseum.org
BB King Museum

"So Much Fun for Every Age"
"This facility is nothing short of amazing. It's a haven for anyone who loves and appreciates the music of all genres. We didn't
I don't want to leave!"
-A Visitor from Tennessee
800 West Sunflower Road, Cleveland, MS
GRAMMYMuseumMS.org
662-441-0100
Recording Academy
GRAMMY MUSEUM
MISSISSIPPI

"This Place is Amazing "
"It has many interactive features where you would spend hours listening to music and learning about the awesome past and present GRAMMY winners."
-A Visitor from Colorado
800 West Sunflower Road, Cleveland, MS
GRAMMYMuseumMS.org
662-441-0100
Recording Academy
GRAMMY MUSEUM
MISSISSIPPI

"A Wealth of History! "
"Plan on spending at least two hours looking at this museum. Pictures, articles, instruments, clothing, and more about these talented musicians will be found. It helps clear up everything happening in that area and how it affects the music. Don't miss this place."
A Visitor from Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Blues Alley Clarksdale, MS
www.deltableebluesmuseum.org
DELTA BLUES
MUSEUM

Large Guitar 

Muddy Waters

Gateway to the Blues "Great exhibit"
"This place has guitars from all the blues greats; they even display Son House's resonator guitar. Eric Clapton's and B.B. King's guitars are on showcase as well. It is a great exhibit owned by Caesar's of Las Vegas fame."
-A Victor Calexico, California
13625 Highway 61 North Tunica Resorts, MS
www.tunicatravel.com
Gateway to the
BLUES
Tunica, MS

Elvis Presley & WC Handy 

The Blues Trail
Birthplace of America's Music: Mississippi 

Large Guitar 

Large Guitar 

Elvis in Tupelo, MS 

"A Must-see if you are in Memphis!"
"By far, our best experience is in Memphis. The house itself is filled with history and memories. A very emotional experience. You can almost feel the joy and happy memories that Elvis and his family had there."
-A Visitor from Newcastle, United Kingdom
3717 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis,  TN
www.graceland.com
Graceland
The home of Elvis Presley 

"Awesome to sit on his front porch."
"As a lifelong Elvis fan, this was a must-see on my visit. I was not disappointed; the tiny house was amazing to see, and it was great to get a photo taken on the swing outside, which had lots of interesting information and great insight into the early years of his life."
306 Elvis Presley Drive, Tupelo, MS
www.elvispresleybirthplace.com
Elvis
BIRTHPLACE

Jessie Mae Hemphill

Graceland 

🚙2010 ~Tuesday, May 18, Memphis, Tennessee

Today, my husband and I rode to Memphis, Tennessee.

We left between 8:3 and -9 A.M.  

Stopped in Corinth, MS, used the restroom, and filled up the gas tank.

We arrived in Germantown after stopping to take pictures of a Girl on a horse, which is to honor Germantown Charity Horse Show's 60th Anniversary, 1948-2008, a picture of A Blue Star Marker to celebrate the Armed Forces, by Germantown Garden Club, and a marker listing the Mayor's Grove of Germantown from 1920-1994. 

Jockey rider

We then drove to Joe's Crab Shack, located at 7990 Horizon Circle Blvd, Memphis, Tennessee. 

I ordered a Caesar salad, Seafood Fun-Do (a creamy fondue filled with shrimp, crawfish, spinach, and sautéed mushrooms, topped with bread crumbs, served with garlic bread for dipping), and a glass of unsweetened tea.

My husband ordered a Caesar salad, and he ate some of the Seafood Fun-do, sweet tea, Crabs in a bucket, with corn on the cob, and new potatoes. It costs 22.00 a bucket. We spent $42.00.

Our Hostess at Joe's Crab Shack is located at 7990 Horizon Circle Blvd, Memphis, Tennessee. 

 Joe's Crab Shack is located at 7990 Horizon Circle Blvd, Memphis, Tennessee. 

Crab legs, corn, and potatoes come in a bucket! This will put a smile on his face over time!

We then took I-40 to Front Street and went into the Welcome Center, where we got information about Memphis.

In the Welcome Center, we saw statues of Elvis Presley and B.B. King.  

Elvis Presley 

BB King

Monorail to Mud Island along the Mississippi River

We walked to the Monorail and paid $4.00 each to ride to Mud Island. 

The Monorail was located under the bridge that went to the Mississippi River.

(The Monorail has a big wheel called a bull wheel. It pulls one continuous loop cable, which moves the passenger cabins in opposite directions on separate tracks at the same time.)

We took the escalators down three stories to the ground level. 

We saw an inlaid map of the Mississippi River. I took pictures of the maps and markers of the Mississippi River from beginning to end. 

The river walk is a portrait of Old Man River in Miniature that winds 1,000 miles along the Lower Mississippi.

The model portrays essential features of the river and its floodplain, with an inlaid street map of each community along its banks. 

The river model is a jigsaw puzzle, made up of 1,746 pre-cast concrete panels, each weighing 8 1/2 tons. An average of 1,200,000 gallons of water flows through the system.

Information panels along the river wall tell the stories of people, places, and events along the lower Mississippi River. 

I took pictures of most of the information panels along the riverbank, crossing back and forth over the riverbed. I said, "I have crossed the Mississippi River more times than most people cross in a lifetime. "

We walked over to the flying flags. 

There were flags from Tennessee, Great Britain, Spain, France, North Carolina, and the Confederate States of America, each representing their involvement with the Mississippi River. 

Mud Island

Visiting Mud Island

Mississippi River and Bridge

Instead of going back up the Mississippi River, we went around to the Amphitheater and back up the stairs to the Museum, where we talked to one of the curators and told them how much I liked the River Walk. How we had crossed the Mississippi & Ohio in Paducah, KY, and the bridge in Cape Girado, and how much more interesting it was seeing all the layouts. She told us that the city had asked Bass Pro Shops to use the Pyramid building because it was empty and needed to be put to use. She also said the city would help them get moved. 

She was very excited about having a Bass Pro Shop close by. We said goodbye and left the Museum. We took the three flights of escalator to the Monorail and rode it over to Front Street. 

We exited the Mud Island Monorail Building and walked toward Adams Avenue. We walked down Adams Avenue and I took pictures of the Fire House Museum, the Memphis Police Department (old building), the Shelby County Courthouse, statues and Markers, Calvary Protestant Episcopal church and Marker, St Peter Catholic Church and marker, the Eugene Magevney museum and marker, 1862 Post Office marker, (hiding under a tree), Forrest's Early Home Marker, Christopher Columbus, statue, markers and Park. 

My husband waited while I walked down Adams Avenue, taking pictures. I then met back up with him, and we walked down North Main Street, taking pictures of old buildings and the trolley. I stopped a couple of young men to make sure we were headed in the right direction. 

The Trolley

Firehouse Museum 

 Calvary Protestant Episcopal Church

Christopher Columbus Statue

Firehouse Museum 

I took pictures of the Kress Building, Orpheum Theater, Peabody Place, FedExForum, Gibson's Music Store & Showcase, and the Elvis Presley Plaza and Statue. 

Elvis Presley Plaza and Statue. 

I took several pictures of signs about Beale Street. "There were two types of culture on Beale Street. The sinners and the saved, you had professionals, and business people, and then you had those who worked to have some nightlife fun."

We walked into the Gibson Music store. I took pictures of a white, red, and blue 20-foot guitar, and another 15-foot hard rock blue guitar.

We walked across the street to the Civic Center, called the FedEx Forum, where my husband took a picture of me sitting on a soccer ball. They had the front of their building lined along the street with soccer balls, basketballs, tennis balls, and baseballs. 

On Beale Street, we saw a statue of WC Handy, and Musicians playing in the Pepsi Pavilion.

We saw the HardCafék Café, Wet Willies, Ida B. Wells Marker, Brown Zero Blues Club, Pee Wee Saloon Marker, Coyote Ugly Saloon, New Daisy Theater, Nat D. Williams Marker, Rufus Thomas Jr. Marker, Silky Sullivan's Irish, A Schwab building, Hooks brothers Marker, Kings PCafée Café, Benjamin Franklin Booth marker, and scores of other stores, displays, and sites. 

We headed back up North Main Street, and we saw Peabody Place, Piggy Wiggly Marker, Courtyard Marriott, carriage rides, and many buildings and sites.

HardCafék Café Guitar

Fed-X 

Coyote Ugly

Daisy

Beal Street 

We took the train trolley back to Adams Avenue, walked back to the Welcome Center, took a few more pictures, and then headed toward Presley Avenue. We drove toward the airport and got turned around. We saw a FedEx plane being towed off.

We finally found Graceland. My husband let me out of the car, and I took pictures of Elvis's marker, the wall around his house, and the gate. Across the street, I took photos of Elvis's jet from the road. 

We headed back down I-40. By now, the work traffic was out, so we had quite a long drive back. We finally got off I-40 onto 385 Eas, and traffic was. Ea drove east on 72 East to Cortland County, and when we went west, we drove for about an hour. This is a long drive because there is nothing to see except the road and trees —nothing much else.

Wall at Graceland

Elvis Aaron Presley

We finally arrived in Corinth (I said to my husband that I was like the kids and said are we there yet, I was getting hungry after that long walk and it was getting late) we stopped at Burger King, where I ordered a Whopper Junior, diet coke and a slice of Hershey chocolate pie, my husband ordered a whopper, fries, and a piece of the pie. We rode another hour, arriving at Best Buy in Florence. My husband went to talk to the Geek Squad about his computer. 

When we arrive home, I put on my pajamas, turn on the TV, and crawl into bed. I was asleep in no time. 

The next day, I uploaded my pictures to the computer, added a few to FB, and a few to Flickr. Our Internet was too slow to upload all my pictures (580), so I will add them later. 

1982 Summer ~Family trip to Memphis, Tennessee

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 Cat country, we saw lions, cheetahs, leopards, meerkats, lynx, cougars, and tigers.

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.

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. 

Graceland

Graceland Pond  

The  Memphis Airport 

The kids standing outside at the Memphis Airport

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?