On Wednesday we moved from Peoples Creek in Missouri to Chewalla Lake Recreation Area in Holly Springs, Mississippi - there is hardly anyone here - we have had the place to ourselves for most of the time we have been here.
Our Campsite
An Indian mound at the recreation area not far from our campsite
Darby's island - we take him to this little island and let him run off-leash
Chewalla Lake from the dam
On Monday we took a trip to Tupelo, Mississippi to see the famous auto museum (billed as the largest auto museum East of the Mississippi) and also Elvis's birthplace which is about a mile from the museum
The museum entrance (sorry for the fuzzy pic - it was so humid my lens was fogging up)
Some of the cars
Too bad they misspelled the name on the radiator
The 1950's rows
One of the two Leslie Special cars used in "The Great Race" movie
The Barrister Corvette - built by George Barris for Liberace - this is 1 of only 7 that were built. George Barris was a custom car designer famous for designing the car in "The Munsters" TV show, the Batmobile, Kitt (the car in Knight Rider) and many others
BB King's Rolls Royce
This car was purchased by Elvis as a gift for one of his employees
Richard Petty's '84 Grand Prix in which he one the 200th race of his career at Daytona in 1984 - this was the last race he won
Sign at Elvis's birthplace
Elvis's birthplace and childhood home - the two room house was built by his father
Statue of Elvis at age 12
The church that Elvis attended as a child - the building was moved to the Elvis's birthplace grounds from its original location about 2 blocks away when it was scheduled for demolition
