Day 25 – Memphis

We awoke early (well early for us) and headed for breakfast at Arcade Restaurant, the oldest café in Memphis. After over three weeks here you’d think we’d have learned something, but when Jon ordered the ham and cheese sandwich, what he thought was a safe bet, no one imagined he would be faced with eating a kilo ham steak combined with a kilo of the usual fluorescent yellow cheese, in a roll the size of a boat. The lightweight only made it through a third before declaring defeat.

After filling our bellies we made our way to the world famous Graceland, former home of Elvis Presley. We paid $10 for parking, walked into the ticket office, saw how long the line was for tickets, and how long the line was for the shuttle bus to the mansion, and we turned around and walked out. We did visit the gift shop though.

We spent the afternoon at the Memphis River Arts Festival, where the streets were blocked off and several stages were setup for live music. There was also loads of excellent local artwork on display.

We found ourselves sampling some local soul music(and beer) while watching The Tim Terry Experience. The lead singer, surprisingly named Tim Terry, liked to talk about himself quite a bit, not to mention giving countless name drops of the radio stations that play his music. The music was awesome(not), in an 80’s daggy finger clicking, stepping side to side kinda way.