by Virginia Ruth Abeyta

Editor's Note:  The following is Part Two 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 2:  Elvis Presley's Home and His Family:

We got up and had breakfast.  We walked across a little bridge and parking lot to the ticket sales office, got our tickets for the tour and got on the shuttle bus.  We went on a tour to see where Elvis used to live and it is a big house.  It is a pretty house, a pretty, white house.  Then we went in the house.

The inside is big and it has an upstairs and a downstairs and a finished basement.  The entry was big and opened to the living room on the right and beyond that was the piano room.  It was beautiful.  The dining room wa off the entry to the left.  It was big and had a TV in it.  Ahead was a hallway that took us to the guest room where Elvis' mom and dad lived.  They had their own bathroom.  There there are stairs to Elvis and Priscilla's rooms.  Lisa Marie's room was up there, too.  Their rooms were blocked off.  It was private so we didn't get to see them. Through the dining room was the kitchen and in the kitchen we saw some dishes in the cabinet.  They were dishes with big apples on them jus like the ones my Mom had.  That was neat!

Then we went to the enxt room -- it was a family room and they called it the "Jungle Room."  It has a waterfall in it and another piano.  There was a guitar and a teddy bear, too.  We went down the stairs to the basement and there was a game room with a pool table in it.  There was a TV room with three TVs in it.  There was a big sode bar inthe TV room, too.  There we went to the backyard and we saw Lisa Marie's swing set and a bujilding where Elvis's father's office was and a shooting range where Elvise would shoot his guns.

We saw a big swimming pool in the back yard where Elvis and his friends and family enjoyed being together.  There was a big building that was full of all hlis awards and gold records.  Some of theclothes he wore in his movies and records of all the money he fave away to people.  He was a good and kind mann. 

In another building, he had a rackeball court and a sitting area where people could watch the games or play a piano and sing.  That is where Elvis sang his last song before he went back to the big house for the night.  He passed away the next morning.  We saw where he was buried by his house.  His Mom and Dad, his twin brother and his grandmother are also buried there.  His twin brother died at birth.  Elvis always felt bad about his twin's death. 

After the tour was over, we took the shuttle back to the Plaza.  We had lunch and went ot see his planes.  We felt that Elvis was there with us.  You have to be there to feel it and to understand it. 

We asw teh DJs at the Sirius satellite radio station and talked to therm.  Big Jim, Argo and one other guy.  I got three autographs, but I wanted George Klein's.  He was Elvis' friend but he wasn't there.  We saw Elvis' cars and clothes.  We bought lots of souvenirs to bring home.  We went back to see teh house again so we were sure we didn't miss anything.

Check out next week's installment when Virginia visits Sun Studio!