This was an all-things-Elvis day. We hesitated to pay a premium entrance fee so that we could see Elvis’ mansion, but it was really interesting and worth it. Two key thoughts from the mansion visit are: This was definitely decorated in the late fifties/early sixties, including green shag carpet. More importantly, despite having expanded the size of the mansion, including spending 250K to build a racquetball court annex on the property, overall, it was still fairly modest, relative to the styles that modern rich people build.
During the afternoon, we toured the museum exhibits, which include Elvis’s planes, automobiles, costumes, awards. It was quite complete and well made. As one would expect, there is emphasis on the positives of his life, and essentially nothing is said about drug abuse near the end of his life.