by Virginia Ruth Abeyta

Editor's Note:  The following is Part One of a four part blog post by Alta Mira client, Virginia Ruth Abeyta.  Virginia uses special software to write.  We think you'll find her musings on her vacation to Memphis -- complete with adventures in shopping and flying --insightful, inspiring and humorous.  Be sure to check back every week for a new installment.  Enjoy!

Elvis Aron Presley is the King of Rock and Roll
Part 1:  Our Vacation -- Memphis, Tennessee -- Graceland

We flew from Albuquerque, NM to Dallas, Texas.  We got to the airport in Albuquerque and our airplane from Albuquerque to Dallas was late.  So we got off to a late start.  We got to the airport in Dallas thinking we would miss our airplane to Memphis.  We ran so fast to the new gate, only to find out that the plane to Memphis was two hours late, too.  We were hungry and needed a bathroom and had two hours to get both things done.  After we had ordered our lunch and Aunt Bev and I were talking about all the things we were going to do in Memphis when she remembered the time change from Albuquerque to Dallas.  We had only 40 minutes to get our food and get back to the gate.  Our waiter boxed our food and we ran for the gate again.  We made it!  We ate our lunch on the plane.
It was a bumpy flight.  The pilot could not land when we got to Memphis because the airport had closed.  We flew around in circles for a long time, it was real bumpy.  I was a little scared.  We had to go to Little Rock, Ark. because we were low on gas.  We sat on the ground for a long time.  When they opened the airport in Memphis, we took off again. 

It was rainy and cold when we got there.  The shuttle took us to the "Heartbreak Hotel."  The hotel had a real nice gift shop and I got an ELVIS wristwatch.  We got to the hotel and check in.  We went up to our room.  The hotel had pictures of Elvis hanging over our beds, so we can honestly say we sleep with Elvis!  The room was nice and we had two big pictures of Elvis on the wall.  It seemed he was right there with us.  It was late so we had dinner there and went to bed.

The next night we got dressed up to go out to eat.  Aunt Bev called the restaurant and they sent a car for us.  We rode in a Pink Cadillac and we got our picture taken beside it.  The restaurant was called Marlowe's World Famous BBQ.  The food was real good -- I ate too much!  They told us Elvis used to order food from there and have it delivered to Graceland.  They had a gift shop and we bought lots of souvenirs there.  Did I say the food was good?!  We went back to the hotel riding in our Pink Cadillac.  It was getting late so we went to bed and went right to sleep. 

It was rainy and windy and cold, but we didn't mind because we were in Graceland and we were having a good time!

Check out next week's installment when Virginia visits the King's home!