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Sebring, Sola and I gradually drifted south. Graceland, Tennessee, Elvis’s home and burial site was the first pause on the trip. Having been in the home some 30 years prior, I felt no need to revisit the interior’s green shag carpeted floors and walls. Instead, I strolled past the music themed gates and stone walls in front of the residence. These are now besmeared with Elvis’s fans’ names and phone numbers (go figure) from around the world.
One of my favorites, the Barber Motorsports Park Museum
and race track, just south of Birmingham, Alabama, was next. I first visited last winter, but felt I had only scratched the surface of the four story monument to racing cars and motorcycles. Motorcycle enthusiasts especially enjoy Barber, as towers of racing and pleasure bikes, new and antique, are on display. Also, numbers
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The musical gates of Graceland welcome fans of Elvis Presley
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Barber Motorsports Park Museum
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Photos by:
JIM RAND
