The first two days of our trip has involved restlessly sitting on a bus filled with smelly teenagers. So far we have spent 36 hours on this bus. During these 36 hours we have had, crying, laughing, puking, eating, joke making, singing, sleeping (but not really though), finding ticks, sore joints, but it was all swell as nobody got killed and we all enjoy each other (kinda).
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| Our home on wheels! |
On the third day (today) we rolled up to Memphis, Tennessee where we took a stroll around Graceland and signed the wall surrounding Elvis Presley's house. This was a hit for our group and got us in the rock 'n' roll southern mood.
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| Tori leaves a mark for RJC on the famous Graceland wall. |
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| Daniel falls in love. |
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| Elvis adoration! |
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| The Chaperones' get in on the excitement too! |
After experiencing Graceland, we hopped on the bus and drove to our next destination for lunch, the Trolley Stop Market. At this restaurant we got served pizza after pizza, it was delicious. In total we have 7 full boxes of pizza leftover. Next stop was the Civil Rights Museum, where we got an educational tour lead by the very talented William Young (he's got an awesome accent). This was a great experience for us students as we learned a lot and found it very interesting. A highlight for us from this Museum tour was seeing the artifacts involving the assassination of Dr. King. We were all very moved by the legacy of Dr. King and his dedication to equality between all races.
Freedom is never free.
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| Wall Graffiti in Memphis Tennessee |
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| Our group in front of the new art display in the Civil Rights Museum. It is a 7000 lb. bronze sculpture . It was entitled Movement to Overcome. |
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| On the bus with Rosa Parks |
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| Our tour guide William teaches us about the struggle of the black people and non violent movement that was beginning to take root in the south lead by Dr. Martin Luther King. It was a bit eerie having a Klan member watching us as we moved through the displays! |
Once our brains were full of information, we climbed on the bus once again, and slithered on over to the comfort of The Comfort Inn Hotel, in Mississippi. We are glad to say that our hotel was rated 9.2 out of 10 stars on booking.com. Once we settled in our rooms and freshened up, we hopped on over to Abbay's Southern Fast Food Diner for some southern fast food. I do have to say, this food was very fast and very southern. But enough about the fast and southern food we had for dinner at Abbay's Southern Fast Food Diner. We then southernly sauntered back over to our hotel after a quick dip into our favourite hardware store, Lowe's. After we returned yours' truly led the first devotion of our trip, it was the best one yet, no question about it (we killed it)(but we are still pacifists). This brings us up to speed, laughing, determining if we should once again start writing about the delicious southern fast food we had for dinner. Until next time Abbay's Southern Fast Food Diner. I know we probably killed that joke by now, but no worries, we are still pacifists here.
Hailey and Josh signing out.
