Graceland

Today Will, Mom and I went to Graceland. After a short, rainy drive, we pulled up to security and paid off the guard before proceeding into the park. We hopped into the shuttle that took us to the main attraction, Elvis’s house. We were all received at the gates of Graceland. I stood at Graceland’s doors, staring up into the spot in which Elvis had died.

I proceeded into the house. After looking at and learning about his living and dining room, we continued in through the rest of the downstairs (upstairs was off-limits, Elvis only brought people in the downstairs).


Elvis had a room made solely for watching TV! It had three TVs all on the same wall. This was so that Elvis could watch three different programs at once. He could watch news, entertainment and his own shows all at the same time! Also, one of the walls had the initials TCB on it. This meant taking care of business. Behind it, there was a thunderbolt, which was Elvis’s personal symbol.


Also, he had a pool room which him and his friends all played pool in whenever they hung out. Outside was Vernon’s office, with three desks for Elvis’s personal secretaries. After exiting the building, I saw the large back yard in which Elvis had horses and go-karts. Across the way were two buildings containing all of Elvis’s achievements.


At the very end of the tour was Elvis’s grave. It was placed right in between his parents and his grandmother. This was a very deep moment for me, as, even today, Elvis is still amazingly well-known. He was the one who really started what is, today, my favorite style of music. It was very possible to imagine after this wonderful tour, what Elvis’s life was like and how he died.
Afterwards, we had lunch. We continued on to the other attractions but, naturally, none were even close to as amazing as the first. There was one in which we toured the inside of Elvis’s private jets. This one was very cool, because it was so fancy. I mean heck, you could sleep in them. In another, we saw all of the cars that he had owned in his lifetime. The last and least exciting was the one describing his military career.