So, my long promised pictures from Graceland and Loretta Lynn's ranch at Hurricane Mills are finally here. Sorry they aren't a bit more exciting, but a lot of the pictures from Graceland didn't turn out due to not being able to use flash. And Loretta only allowed photos outside.
Hurricane Mills was a beautiful piece of property, with Loretta's huge house on a hill overlooking a stream, her museum and her doll museum. I missed the latter, but did go through her personal museum, which mainly showed off her awards and costumes. She had quite a few of both.
For being extremely rich, Loretta still has good taste. Everything on the grounds was well designed and fit the surroundings pretty well. Not something I was able to say about Graceland.
The house, which has been featured on a number of album covers, was the coolest thing to see, though. I could just imagine sitting on the porch, taking it easy southern style.
Elvis' tastes were a bit different, however.
Graceland is an event, an all day type thing. For the $35 it costs to take the mid-range tour, it better be. For that price, you get to tour the house, his car collection, his two planes and a room filled with about 100 jump suits. Obviously, the jump suits were the best part.
Forgive the fact that I don;t have tons of pictures. Elvis' taste was pretty terrible, and I wasn't ready to be like all the other people walking around taking pictures of every single inch of green shag carpet.
The history was neat, though. Seeing how Elvis spent his days, out of the jumpsuit, was pretty interesting.
And even though I've never been a huge fan of the king… he was the king, indeed.