The Great American Roadtrip!

I know we've already been here in Michigan for a few weeks now, but I thought I'd keep playing catch-up and post some pictures from our cross country drive out here. The total route took us about 35 hours. We we passed through: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and then finally to Michigan. We've sure been a lot of places this year. I think I could claim that I know am a professional traveler! Here are some highlights!

It's always a highlight to drive in to Texas! We felt right back at home and had a good time visiting with Jose's family and seeing a few friends. There were a lot more things we wanted to do, but with such a long way to go it was hard to stop for too long.

We certainly enjoyed Memphis and ate here at BB King's Blues Club and had some amazing bbq and live music. What a fun place. We'd love to go back and try many more bbq joints in town!

And we of course had to visit Graceland. Here's Jose & I in front of the mansion. Jose is a big lover of Oldie's music and who doesn't love the King? It was actually very cool and we really had fun checking out the house, grounds, and seeing lots of interesting memorabilia like cars, awards, jets, jumpsuits, etc. Definitely check it out if you're in Memphis. Sadly the second floor of the house is closed to tourists (where Elvis' bedroom was) but we really had fun overall.

And here is Elvis' grave. There were so many flowers and things that had been put out for him. Apparently people send things from all over the world and they put everything out until it starts to show signs of wear. I couldn't help but wonder since Michael Jackson died if they are going to do the same sort of thing at Neverland. But there's no way it would be as cool as Elvis' house. What a cool retro/glam/rockstar/over the top style he had!

I think Leonard's may have been Jose's highlight of the trip. It was a real local type of bbq joint. It is all you can eat buffet everyday and de-lish! It was a fun way to get to have a little bit of everything without missing out on anything. (Because what if Jose and I missed out on food?! - tragedy!)

And finally here's a shot of good old downtown Detroit. On the left side of the bridge you can see Windsor, Canada. Crazy that they are so close, eh? There's even an underwater tunnel that connects them. I'll let you know how that is when we try it in a few weeks. And, Detroit is not nearly so bad as everyone says. It gets a terrible wrap!