Nikki Murray » elvis http://buttershug.com Words and photographs from a Buttershug Mon, 02 Jan 2012 23:08:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The visit to Graceland http://buttershug.com/exploration/travel/the-visit-to-graceland/ http://buttershug.com/exploration/travel/the-visit-to-graceland/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:36:20 +0000 Nikki Murray http://buttershug.com/?p=459 I don’t know what I was expecting, but Graceland didn’t really fit it. The house was beautiful on the outside and very gaudy 70s on the outside. The tourist ticket booth and shops are totally run down. They charge a small fortune to get in, so I’m not really sure where that money’s going but it certainly isn’t going into maintaining anything outside of Elvis’ actual property grounds. It definitely wasn’t a religious experience, just an experience.

Everyone should make this pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Though I’m not a huge Elvis fan, I live less than a day’s drive and there’s really no excuse for me not to go. Tacky as it was, I’m glad I made the visit.

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After our one day stop, we packed up our things and moved on…

Bye, Nashville!

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