Touring Tupelo and the Elvis Presley Birthplace

April 13^th – 16^th

We went to the Elvis Presley Birthplace while we were in Tupelo.  We watched a movie of influential scenes in Elvis’ life; from his birth to the time his family left Tupelo when he was 12 years old.  An interesting fact we learned was that Elvis also had a twin brother who was stillborn.

The two-room house where he was born and the Elvis childhood church have been moved to the area that also contains the museum, statues, and other interesting historical items.

It was all very interesting and after we left there we went downtown to view the “Homecoming Statue”.  When Elvis was 10 years old he placed 5^th at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy Show, held in Tupelo.  Later, when he was a superstar he returned to the fairgrounds to perform a concert.  A very famous picture was taken as he reached out to the crowd and later that picture was made into a statue.

Since we liked the campground and area so much we decided to stay another night.  Besides, we aren’t in a hurry to be anywhere. This lifestyle is great!

We also checked out a couple of other civil war historical sites.  Tupelo was the site of the final major Civil War conflict in Mississippi.

During the time we were in Tupelo we ordered a water filtration system from RVWaterFilterStore.com.  It is a three-part system that consists of a 1-micron, 5-micron and finally a carbon filter.  The first two are sediment filters and the carbon filter is to eliminate bad tastes.

That’s all.

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