Pretty humble really
There is a remembrance park around the house now which had been quite tastefully done with comments from people who had known Elvis when he was still at school and before who broke into the big time.
From Tupelo we headed out for Nashville travelling on the Natchez Trace Parkway which was a revelation to me. All I had seen of America tended to be dominated by big chain commercial activities, motels, gas stations and food outlets. The exceptions had been the national parks and I now discovered the same was true of things called parkways which I had never previously heard of. The parkway looked like this - speed limited and very pretty.
Basically they seem to be parks following a historic travel route where no commercialisation is allowed. You even have to divert off the road for gas or food.
We followed the Natchez Trace Parkway most of the way to Nashville. The old Natchez Trace whose route the parkway celebrates is very well explained via this link Old Natchez Trace and was originally an animal migration route which evolved as a native american route then used by early european settlers. As Wikipedia puts it,"The trail itself has a long and rich history, filled with brave explorers, dastardly outlaws and daring settlers."
We pulled off the parkway and quickly found a "Ma & Pa" style cafe for lunch
then back on the parkway and on to Nashville where we were staying that night.
Shower, shave etc and then out for a look around and a bite to eat.
We had been told that Baileys Sports Bar was a good place to eat and we went there and had tables upstairs outdoors on a terrace which had been made behind the facade of the old building.
It was a great place for people watching on the main street and the terraces and roof tops opposite.
Cool dog
Then we walked on through Nashville to pick a bar with music. Not hard to do in Nashville.
AN Other bar for beer and bands
music from
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Tom Petty
Steve Earle
Lynrd Skynyrd
etc
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