Since my brother and I were in Memphis for the Trek/Xena Convention, I decided that we should go to Graceland and see Elvis Presley's home. It was a hot and muggy day and when we got there (it was Friday) the place was full of tourists. The line for the mansion tour (the main attraction) was about a 30 minute wait. The mansion is separated from the other museums, restaurants, and gift shops by Elvis Presley Boulevard, so you have to wait for a bus for the mansion tour.

But eventually we were able to do all four tours. The mansion tour is the longest by far and it only took us about 2-1/2 hours to go through the four tours. I took almost 200 pictures with my CoolPix 990, no flash, one set of batteries. What I have on this page are 16 representative pictures of Graceland. Obviously there's a huge amount of material that I'm not showing. If these pictures pique your interest then I do recommend going to Graceland, maybe not as a dedicated trip unless you're going to see other things in the area.

I was still getting used to my camera so a good 3/4ths of the indoor shots are at least a little blurry, and usually very blurry. Therefore the outdoor shots will look quite good, while the indoor shots are the best that I could find that were also topical and different. You can't use flash indoors, something to keep in mind if you're going there to take pictures.

Click on a picture for a 640 x 480 blowup. Click on [Full] to see the 2048 x 1536 original.