Louisa's Elvis Week Tribute
Read about Elvis Week 95 and see some photos I took during my trip.
Gone to
Graceland Online Store
My new online Elvis book and music store! By Amazon.com
Elvis Slept
Here
A Vegas-themed Elvis site.
National Association of Elvis Impersonators
From the Flying Elvises to El Vez.
Elvis Sightings
Have you seen Elvis lately?
The Elvis Home Page
Read Elvis' will and other cool stuff!
Elvis Net
An online Elvis fan club; for die-hards only!
The Doghaus Collection
Check out Elvis air fresheners and "Love Me Tender" shampoo
Elvis Lives In Evil Levis
Another great Graceland Road Trip! Excellent links & info, too!
Elvis
Presley Online
An excellent site. Great.
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My pilgrimage during Elvis Week '95. Check out the souvenir neon t-shirt!
Whoa lil' momma! I think I just saw The King!
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It was a hot afternoon in July of 1995. Graduating from college at The
American University in Washington, D.C. barely 2 months before, I was starting to get
restless. I needed to get away from the city--and I wanted to hit the road. I was in a
bookstore and happened to pick up a "great drives" book and started looking for
a quick place to drive to spend the weekend. The page flipped to "Tennessee,"
and by sheer chance, it turned out that Elvis Week 1995 was only a week away. That was it!
It was fate! I HAD to go!
I have to tell you that I LOVED Graceland. We bought our total inclusive tickets (which
included admission to Elvis' car museum, a tour of his private jets, a special museum with
rare memorabilia, and of course, the mansion tour. The best thing about Graceland, though,
has to be the people. Everyone was soooo nice. I have never met so many polite and
considerate people anywhere. Elvis' home attracts millions of visitors a year, and it's
easy to see why. Since it was Elvis Week, there were HUGE celebrations going on, and fans
were swarming everywhere carrying flowers, teddy bears, candles and photographs. For
instance, we sat in the parking lot and listened to an Elvis Impersonator fest that lasted
for 24 hours straight!
The mansion is amazing. For some excellent photographs from inside Elvis' home, please
visit the Graceland Tour
web site. I've always said that EVERYBODY in America should go see Graceland. If you have
never been, you really should go. I wasn't even an Elvis fan before I went, but now I
definitely am!
Want to read the rest of this story? Want to see some photos
I took during my trip? Then visit the link!
Click Here To See The Elvis Crapper!
If you still haven't had enough
of Elvis, be sure to take my virtual road trip where
you'll visit Elvis' birthplace in Mississippi and Graceland once again.
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