Jun 25, 2016 19:23
Today was the mate's birthday, and to celebrate, we're over here in Memphis, TN. So what' Memphis famous for? Well being the birthplace of Rock and Roll, it's biggest monument? That's right! Graceland! So went to tour the grounds and some other exhibits like Elvis Presley's car collection and the two jet planes he owned. This might have been best taken in small doses, rather than try to get it all in at once, because overload set in. Stuff like the archives I might have appreciated more had I not already gone through all the other exhibits first.
I tried to leave a comment at the end since we got an iPad to help us guide our tour, but unfortunately it got cut off and all I managed to get in was "He gave all". Which is true.
The grounds itself does pretty much come off as a snapshot of his career at least from beginning to its unfortunate end. This particular revelation came to me viewing his gravesite, since Elvis and his parents are all buried on the grounds. "He gave all, and at the end simply had nothing left to give. So it was time to go." Now to turn that towards myself, since I've outlived the King by six years now(He was 42 at his death), the reason I'm still hanging around is because I still have something left to give. So have it. Here.
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