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2018 Travelogue
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Home Sweet Home for 4 nights – Excellent Hotel |
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Incredible lobby with outstanding evening
entertainment and casual bar |
Rediculously long hallway to our rooms (85
yds) Wild hall wallpaper too |
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Legendary Beale Street venue |
Acrobatic street performers on Beale Street after
our dinner
Southern Barbeque Pork dinner at BB Kings |
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Crew enjoying the Memphis menu |
10 of us dined at BB’s…6 at this table |
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And 4 at this table. The wait for seating was long |
Music was loud but the Blues band made this an
unforgettable night |
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Waiting on our City Tour bus to arrive for our
pickup at the hotel L-R: Dave R-29 & Linda, Dave R-32 & Sue,
Mike R-27 & Lyn, Frank R-36 & Maggi, Terri & Tom R-31, Masayo
& Jim R-21 Our Tour Driver Guide was outstanding and very
entertaining! |
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The following photos were taken during our guided
tour of Memphis by bus. On the left
is BB King and of course Elvis, both statues being quite huge |
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Memorial at St. Judes Children’s Hospital in
Memphis |
Memorial Garden erected by Danny Thomas and his
wife |
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Dave & Linda enjoying the garden |
Lyn, Mike & Sue also in the garden |
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The Duckmaster in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel |
Release of the ducks in their daily march to the
fountain pool |
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Female Mallards enjoying their day in the pool of
the lobby |
An old poster showing Mr. Lansky, Elvis’s private tailor,
doing a fitting on Elvis |
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With the tour ended and lunch finished, we walked
the foot bridge to Mud Island |
Walking over a portion of the Mighty Mississip, the
views were spectacular |
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Taking advantage of the thoughtfully placed rockers
on the long foot bridge |
Mud Island contains a full scale model replica of
the Mississippi River |
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Originally a sports arena, the Pyramid now houses
the largest Bass Pro Shop |
Inside the Pyramid woven among the shops is a full scale
operating Lodge |
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Large water ponds inside the Pyramid with a wide
selection of water creatures |
Our location for dinner, inside the Pyramid, on our
second night in town |
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Dining room aquarium in Uncle Buck’s |
Hardhat diver watches over the diners |
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Historic Victorian Mallory-Neely House Stained Glass doors and above the front entrance Very ornate ceiling medalions
and moulding |
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Ballroom where major in home events were held |
Dining room where guests were entertained |
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Bedroom with partial canopy as per that time period |
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Lower deck: Dave & Sue, Masayo & Jim, Terri
& Tom, Margaret & Linda Upper level: Cheryl & Bob, Lyn & Mike,
Linda & Dave |
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Waiting somewhat patiently for our turn at the
trough |
After dinner, a very pleasant cruise up the
Mississippi out on deck |
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Dining on board, dance floor in background |
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Waiting to be seated at Brother Juniper’s… |
…and more waiting, but it was certainly worth it, a
fun meal |
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Sun Recording Studio where Elvis and many others
got their starts |
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Elvis’s first jam session at Sun with 3 seasoned
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Closing Dinner & Program at Delta’s Kitchen in
the hotel |
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David & Linda Hull |
Robert & Cheryl Harris |
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Margaret Shields & Linda Rudeseal |
Jim Hetherington & Masayo |
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Michael & Lyn Davenport |
Thomas & Terri Canter |
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David & Sue DeKoker |
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