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Note: there are over 700 photos for this day, so, JUST the highlights. |
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(1) photos taken by Sharon with Cannon... |
... Graceland by Sharon.....part 1 of 3...
... 8:30am... Siri, take us to Graceland...
... WE'RE HERE!!!...
So, here's the deal on the house: the 2nd floor is off limits because
Lisa Marie still resides there when she's in town, and, most of the
1st floor and basement are open/viewable...
... living room... |
... entry...
... staircase to 2nd floor... off limits...
... bed room...
... dining room... |
... kitchen...
... "the jungle room"... more here later...
... going downstairs (looking back up the stairs)...
... the media/news room wet bar...
... the media/news room... |
... Elvis had 3 TVs so he could watch all the major news channels at the same time, same as the president did...
... interesting use of mirrors... ... |
... the pool room...
... "" ripped the felt trying to show off doing a trick shot... never repaired... |
... some basement hall walls are carpeted...
... back up to the ... |
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... the jungle room on the 1st floor... |
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... outside to the business manager's office... |
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... over to the smokehouse... |
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(2) photos taken by Sharon with Cannon... |
... Graceland by Sharon.....part 2 of 3...
... continuing at the the smokehouse... |
... outside to...
(looking back at house and garage/carport)
... to the trophy building... |
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... HOLY KRAP!!!... (and this aint nothing yet)... |
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... next... the handball court... |
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(3) photos taken by Sharon with Cannon... |
... Graceland by Sharon.....part 3 of 3...
... continuing at the handball court
... at handball court entrance, exercise and entertainment equipment...
... then down half flight of stairs a piano and couches...
(yeah... why cant exercizing be fun and relaxing???) |
... and wet bar...
(I'll drink to that!)
... then down another half flight of stairs, the court... now full of... |
... now... to the grave site...
... now... back to the front to catch the shuttle back...
... next... Elvis' motor museum... |
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... check out Elvis' big jet... |
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(4) photos taken by Rusl with Nikon... |
... Graceland by Rusl.....part 1 of 5...
... on arrival, walking in from parking lot, can see the tails of Elvis's jets...
how DID they get those big birds into the middle of town here???
... well... we're here...
So, recall the deal on the house: the 2nd floor is off limits because
Lisa Marie still resides there when she's in town, and, most of the
1st floor and basement are open/viewable...
... on the right when you enter is the living room...
... look left... look right...
... look right of right...
... ok... back into the entry... stairs to...
... look right... look up...
... to the rear of the house on right is bedroom...
... with its bathroom with its pink poodle wall paper... |
... on the left when you enter is the dining room...
... ok... to the kitchen... not up those stairs... |
... "the jungle room"... more here later...
... going downstairs... if you are going to look at the mirrors on the walls and ceiling then hold onto the handrail... |
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... looking back up the stairs... |
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... the media/news room wet bar... |
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... the media/news room... recall... Elvis had 3 TVs so he could watch all the major news channels at the same time, same as the president did... |
... looking right... and more right...
... looking left... and more left...
... the pool room... |
... "" ripped the felt trying to show off doing a trick shot... never repaired...
... some basement hall walls are carpeted...
... back up to the 1st floor...
... and now the jungle room... |
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(5) photos taken by Rusl with Nikon... |
... Graceland by Rusl.....part 2 of 5...
... leaving the jungle room and going outside, passing through the carport, heading for the business manager's office...
... then the smokehouse...
(my grandparent's farm house had an outhouse too) |
... outside to...
(looking back at house and garage/carport) |
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(looking over at the handball building) |
... now... to the trophy building...
... HOLY KRAP!!!... (and this aint nothing yet)... |
... next... the handball building...
... wait... potty stop... |
... ok... now the handball building...
... at handball court entrance, exercise and entertainment equipment...
(right on... exercising should be fun) |
... and a piano and couches...
(right on... exercising should be relaxing)
... and a wet bar...
(I'll drink to that) |
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... then down another half flight of stairs, the court... now full of... |
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(6) photos taken by Rusl with Nikon... |
... Graceland by Rusl.....part 3 of 5...
... the handball court... continued...
... back past the bar and piano lounge on the way out...
... now... to the grave site... |
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... now... back to the front to catch the shuttle back... |
... now... riding the shuttle back...
... next... Elvis' motor museum... |
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(7) photos taken by Rusl with Nikon... |
... Graceland by Rusl.....part 4 of 5...
... Elvis' motor museum... continued... |
... and now... the FIRST gift shop we visited...
(here's but a fraction of the stuff from the shop we took home) |
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... and of course we had to have our commemorative picture taken... |
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... "Graceland" postcards... got these with intentions of writing to friends that night and sending the next day...
that dint happen... scanned them when we got home... may send sometime... |
... check out Elvis' big jet...
... toooooo many guages... |
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(8) photos taken by Rusl with Nikon... |
... Graceland by Rusl.....part 5 of 5...
... finish the big jet and continue on to the little jet...
... the little jet... |
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Graceland Harley-Davidson... |
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... did you catch that?... I often take photos and capture an extra image in a mirror... the girl at the shop is an amature
photographer and took the photo w/Elvis in the mirror... |
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(9) photos taken with Cannon... |
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... on the road to Berea by Sharon... |
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... ACK!!!... WHAT is this on the windshield ? ? ? |
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... HEY MISS BLUE SKY... DO YOU SEE THAT???... |
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.... HEY!!!... ARE YOU AWAAAAAKE???... |
... sooooo... we digress... been seeing sumac bushes along the roadside... lets try a mile or so on a
back road to see if we come across any that isnt ON THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY...
... well... all the sumac we came across was apparently too late in the year for... should look something like this... |
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(10) photos taken with Cannon... |
... arrive at Red Roof Inn 3579mi/8pm...
MOTEL: Red Roof Inn & Suites Berea - on I75/EXIT 77
330 Walnut Creek Drive, Berea KY 40403 859.228.0340
great breakfast area:
Room 119
website: redroof.com/property/Berea/KY/40403/-/RRI331/
"Recovering from knee replacement surgery, 1st floor room or elevator please, thank you"
Standard King Room, Non-Smoking, Free WiFi, flat-screen cable TV, A/C, bathroom w/shower,
desk, iron, laundry service, free parking
REVIEW (not submitted, guest review invitations expire after 28 days):
Would have been: Clean, economical, most satisfactory.
Leisure trip / Couple / King Room - Non-Smoking / Stayed 1 night
What could have been better? Wi-Fi workd but was slooooow
Most important to us is cleanliness - A+ on that, next in importance we liked the price,
the LARGE room was nice, HARD king bed was GREAT for our backs, and other
things we appreciated were breakfast included in room rate, chair, desk,
cable TV, free Wi-Fi and location; would stay here again.
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(papalenos.com)
Dinner by Papa Leno's Pizza:
had 16" Mountaineer Pizza delivered - GOOD ONE!
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... flyers picked up along the way... |
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... oops... here's some flyers picked up on previous day(s)... |
breakfast at Red Roof Inn the next morning:
S: bagel,OJ
R: waffle,OJ,moo
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