Emily visits Memphis!

My dear friend Emily decided to visit us a few weeks ago! She traveled the whole 13+ hours in one day by herself...without air conditioning, and the added bonus of poison ivy that drove her crazy the whole drive down. Wow, she loves me a lot! She was here for 3 days, and we saw a lot!

We decided to have a picnic in the park that looks out onto the Mississippi. Isn't it beautiful!

And you can't go to Memphis without doing a trolley ride that takes you around the city...but she didn't want her picture taken! Too bad :)

Then we went to the pink palace museum. This was the mansion of Clarence Saunders. He started the first Piggly Wiggly which was the first self-service grocery store!

Next up was one of the art museums they have here. Brooks museum of art...ohhh Emily :)

One of the days she was here we went to the zoo. I LOVE this zoo! It's only 5 minutes from our house, and it has great exhibits! Some of my favorites: the Panda bears, the Tigers, and the huge Komodo dragons. We also made it in time for the Sea Lion show which was quite adorable.

We didn't have time to go inside and tour every place so we did some drive by sight-seeing. We made a quick stop at the Sun Studios: This is where B.B. King, Elvis Presley, and Johnny Cash recorded some of their music.

We also stopped by the National Civil Rights Museum which is where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. We didn't go through the museum while she was here, but Erik and I went with our parents when we moved here. We were very impacted by it.

Finally, we went to see the house of Elvis Presley at Graceland. We didn't go through it, but we got pictures in front of it, and in front of his airplane!

We also went to a backyard concert. That was a first for me. It was a concert that was literally in the backyard of someone's house. You bring your own chair and drinks and sit in their yard and enjoy! It was 2 blocks from my house and it was quite enjoyable.

We had a fun few days, and I sure hope the drive was worth it to her!