Graceland, well worth the trip

The picture below is a house that is a recorded historical landmark in Horn Lake, MS (just 7 miles south of Graceland. It seems that many years ago a young couple that had 4 children (all under the age of 4) lived in this house. Surely crowed and without A/C the summers were not real comfortable, so the family ended up in Oregon with A/C and a much bigger house.

Today we spent our day a Graceland and it was very nice. Learned a lot about who Elvis was and what he did.

Bret's room (above)

Vicksburg MS tomorrow...

Branson M

We have relocated to our favorite RV Park in Branson MO. I just got back from driving the Honda to town to pick up our week of show tickets. We will be here until Sun. 10/12, and then we head to Graceland. Not much to take pictures of in Branson, but if something pops up I'll try to get it on film.
So far our weather has been great but as I set here typing, it has started to rain. It is not cold or windy so that helps. For those that may be interested in knowing what shows we are seeing, they are: The Presley’s Country Jubilee which was the first show in Branson. Baldknobbers Jamboree, a comedy show. Kirby VanBruch, a great magician that we have seen before and is worth a second visit. “SIX” is a show Carol has heard about and is very unusual in that they make all the music and there are no instruments. And we may add more…
So we should have an enjoyable and relaxing week in Branson. L & C

Mansfield MO

The weekend of 10/3-5/2008 we were in Mansfield MO visiting Carol’s niece Tracie and family. They live about 30 miles from Mansfield way out in the country. They are in the middle stages of construction on their new home. On Sunday we went to the Heritage Music Festival near Mansfield MO. We will move on to Branson in the morning and we hope the weather holds. We have had perfect weather so far.
The pictures below contain a nice shoot of another “project car”. It actual runs and is driven in local parades 2-3 times a year. LR

Route 66 in Albuquerque NM

This RV park is right out of the 50's yet has modern full service,"big rig"spaces and more. Off to Amarillo TX in the morning.

The RV in it's day.

The good old days.

Carol has always wished she still had her mangle.

Carol is glad she did laundry yesterday.

Note her smile when she found this .....

Painted Desert & Petrified Forest pictures.

Monday 9/29/08, 7:30 AM

Hi there

My next project....

Original sign language

Raven waiting for food

Old firewood

A slight difference in age...

You just viewed 18 out of 87 pictures we took today, hope you enjoyed then as much as we have enjoyed being here today. L & C

Petrified Forest tomorrow

We are in a RV park 20 miles west of the painted desert and petrified forest park. The park looks bad but has everything we need. The view around here is not much but after reading what happened here 225 million years ago we understand why it is so flat. The pictures from our RV spot tells it all.

In the morning we will take the Honda and tour the Nat'l Park and take pictures. So tune in tomorrow and you may see more (and better pictures). LR