Elvis Fans Forever in Tupelo

We're so excited to announce the latest update to our travel plans en route to Memphis: on Saturday, Aug. 11, we will be spending the day in Tupelo with Bill and Linda Kinard, the masterminds behind the Elvis Fans Memorial Wall and Meditation Gardens! The Kindards live in one of Elvis' boyhood homes and they are true blue fans (just check http://www.elvispresleyfansforever.com/ to see why!).

Jenny Parry, owner of Gracepines (where we are staying during Elvis Week) introduced us to her friends Bill and Linda via email. (And, of course, we were originally introduced to Jenny by a mutual friend in LA.) One of the most amazing things in planning this trip has been the tremendous support we've received from Elvis fans around the country...So many people have reached out to us and helped us and put us in touch with yet more people. As a result, this trip keeps getting better - more details, more behind-the-scenes, more intimate...It's truly touching.

But enough of the gushy-mushiness!

Because the truth is, we're just plain psyched! No doubt we're going to be getting a most special, insiders peek at Tupelo and what must be it's very unique Elvis fan community...

Thank goodness for digital cameras because we could never afford the quantity of film necessary for all of the still photos we're going to be taking on this trip! (Yes, there's going to be a movie camera there, but documentary is all about interweaving images from different media and what's a road trip without snapshots anyway?!?)