Road Tripping With My Daughter-Florida, The Carolinas & Graceland!

After we dumped the rest of the family

off at the airport

My daughter and I started driving home.

Here she is at the onset.

She is the SELFIE QUEEN!

Remember how she looks here.

It is important later on in the blog.

Speaking of QUEENS....

We took a little U-Turn

from the Orlando airport.

and drove south about 3-1/2 hours to

Cape Coral, FL

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 We went to see my good friend

Queen Margaret...Queen of  Crazy...

(which is why I love her)

She is starting a whole new life and is 

the happiest I have ever seen her.

Thanks for lunch, Your Royal Highness. 

From there we headed North.

We made a swing to the ocean and drove

A1A from Daytona to the top of Florida.

Then headed to the North Carolina shore.

We visited our dear friends,

Carol & Dr.Allen.

Allen had brain surgery a few weeks ago.

He has a cancerous brain tumor

and has had radiation and is on chemo

so please pray for him and his wife.

He is one of the most brilliant men 

I have even known.

We used to play a game called

STUMP DR ALLEN...

Let's just say whatever we mentioned

he knew something about it.

The man is a walking encyclopedia.

Love you guys!

After we left there we headed almost directly West.

My daughter said that 

EVERY AMERICAN

needs to see GRACELAND at least once.

Being as I am an American I figured I had to go.

My daughter told me I could not go 

looking the way I did.

She insisted I not straighten my hair.

My hair curls when I let it....

So...here ya go....

I'm thinking curls are a bit much on an old lady..

but there you have it.

Graceland-Home of Elvis Presley-

It was a chilly day but the people 

around us were warm and friendly-

all coming to pay tribute to a man they loved.

We saw a couple of  old fat shoe-polish black hair Elvis "clones"

and that was interesting.

It was much like you would expect inside.

Lots of glitz and glamour.

Smoked mirrors were all the rage in

the 60's & 70's.

We did not see the chapel.

 I would have liked to see that...

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Elvis would be 80 today.

I can't imagine an OLD ELVIS, can you?

I think we remember him at his best-

young and handsome.

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We had one little scare when we 

stopped at a hotel---

my daughter getting out of the car

wondered...

"Mom, Why is that man 

STARING AND STARING at me?"

Ummm...Could be because he is a

CARDBOARD CUTOUT..dopey...

I thought I would wet my pants laughing---

but I didn't-thanks for asking.

Leaving Graceland we beat

a path home.

We were missing the family.

Now I'm not saying I am a boring conversationalist

but I was talking and looked over at my daughter

to see this.....

So--if you are looking for a traveling companion

and want to sleep the whole way-

call me-

I'll talk and drive and you can

well.....whatever!

So-now that I have bored you silly

with all our mis-adventures I

will change it up tomorrow.

Pinky promise!