Graceland

After spending three weeks in the New Orleans area, we drove 370 miles to north Mississippi. Hernando Point Army Corp of Engineers Campground on Arkabutia Lake. Hernando Point offers full hook ups just 27 miles south of Graceland in Memphis. 

Many of the sites offer stunning views of the lake. We were on Site 3.

We spent a full day visiting Graceland and all the attractions and exhibits.

ELVIS' PLANES

1958 Convair 880 named Lisa Marie

We stepped aboard Elvis' two customized aircrafts to see how he traveled in luxury.  The seatbelt buckles are gold plated.

1962 Lockheed Jetstar, Hound Dog 2

GRACELAND MANSION

Elvis purchased this thirteen-acre estate when he was 22 years old for just over $100,000. He is the second owner of this house built in 1939.

The white living room has a custom fourteen-foot sofa and coffee table. A grand piano sits in the adjoining room.

The Pool Room is very unique. In 1974, it took three men 10 days to install the 400 yards of decorative pleated cotton fabric that cover the walls and ceiling of the pool room at Graceland. Today, it takes four archivists three days to remove the dust from each pleat with special restoration sponges, twice a year.

The final stop at the Mansion is the Meditation Garden, just beyond the swimming pool. His mother died within the following year of the Mansion's purchase. Elvis is buried with his mother, father and grandmother.

Adjacent to Elvis's grave, lie his only child, Lisa Marie who died in January of 2023. Next to Lisa Marie is her son, Benjamin, who died in 2020.

PRESLEY MOTORS AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM

Perhaps one of the most cherished of Elvis' automobiles is his famous Pink Cadillac.

ELVIS INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE AND COLLECTION

This wall displays just a few of the hundreds of jeweled jumpsuits that Elvis wore in concert.

Just some of the Gold Records awarded to Elvis between 1956 to 1959.