Went to where Google maps said their would be somewhere for breakfast, but it was closed down! They really need to update their maps. But we found somewhere else nearby.
Then we went to Gracelands. We got there quite early, but there were a lot of people there already. It was US$32 just to do the mansion tour, so they must sure rack in the money (although we did get a little discount with our AA card).
They take people by shuttle bus across the road to the mansion, and take in one group at at time. Just as our group was standing on the porch and the guy had just said we could go in there was this huge clap of thunder! Very creepy!
Looking through Graceland was very interesting. We're not the biggest Elvis fans, but it was fascinating to see how he lived, and there were lots of displays, and interesting commentary on the audio tour.
This is where he is buried, between his Dad and his Grandmother (his mums grave to to the left of his Dad).
We left Memphis, heading to New Orleans. As we got closer to New Orleans there was miles and miles of elevated freeway.
We were driving over lakes and swamps for miles.
We drove straight down to the river and and got on the paddle steamer Natchex with half an hour to spare. Once again, we didn't get a picture of the boat! But it was quite a big, actual paddle steamer, and it just did a bit of a tour up and down the Mississippi River.
The sunset behind the city skyline was very beautiful.
The boat tour finished at about 9pm, then we walked up to Bourbon Street. It was a crazy place. There were people everywhere and it was Monday night!
So we didn't get to a motel until about 10.30pm, but we slept very well!
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