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... guide to the local takeaways who'll deliver to our room....
Date: 02/03/00
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.... and a tv... for baseball or CNN....
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A replica of the car in which Elvis (aged 3) and his parents did their 'moonlight flit' to Memphis and a better life after evict
Date: 02/03/00
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Another view of the bedroom area.
Date: 02/03/00
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Coming off the beaten track and main highways always yields a little peace.
Date: 02/03/00
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Driving in the States. Open skies and straight roads.
Date: 02/03/00
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Elvis aged 13, with the guitar his mum bought him.
Date: 02/03/00
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Fall colour at the Welcome Centre.
Date: 02/03/00
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Having visited both Tupelo and Graceland, this quote rings true.
Date: 02/03/00
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Not mentioned is Jesse, Elvis' stillborn twin, whom Elvis apparently mourned all his life.
Date: 02/03/00
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Our stop tonight is Hernando, just outside Memphis. This is 'motel heaven' - beers, ice from the ice machine...
Date: 02/03/00
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Speaks for itself...
Date: 02/03/00
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The bedroom. The wall decoration is not authentic; the house was papered with newspaper when it was reclaimed.
Date: 02/03/00
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The chapel at Elvis' birthplace, built on his request, 'for contemplation'.
Date: 02/03/00
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The kitchen and living area retains its original cooking stove.
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The Mississippi Welcome Centre. The poshest rest stop you've ever seen!
Date: 02/03/00
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The pantry and 'coolbox'.
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The Presley family.
Date: 02/03/00
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The Presleys were desperately poor sharecroppers, and couldn't pay back the $180 it took to build the house.
Date: 02/03/00
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The rest stop even had chandeliers, a gallery of local artwork, and free drinks.....not bad for a loo break.
Date: 02/03/00
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The simple two-roomed house of the young Presley family. They slept together in a double bed.
Date: 02/03/00
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The statue of Elvis, aged 13, with the $2.98 guitar he took everywhere. The statue is his exact height aged 13.
Date: 02/03/00
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The temperature is also rising as we head further south.
Date: 02/03/00
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Their original bedroom fireplace.
Date: 02/03/00
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Tupelo, Elvis' birthplace.
Date: 02/03/00
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We leave Tupelo and head for Graceland, the other extreme of Elvis' life.
Date: 02/03/00
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