Graceland and the Asselins = Big Post!

Taking Care of Business...in a Flash!

We caught a glimpse of the famous archway to the West, but no time to stop...


Tennessee, the Asselins and a gun store were waiting for us.

What better place to start our weekend with my good buddy Marco, than a gun store. The purchase of a gun for Colin for his 10th birthday was just a bonus...
...3 2 1...Maia's calling, and she's not happy!


Then it was off to a family style dinner in Franklin, and a fun filled couple of days at the Asselins; including the legendary hospitality of Lisa with her superb breakfasts of French toast, fruit platters and veggie filled omelets.

We also met many of their friends at Olivia's birthday party.





Marco's state of the art Movie/Video game room...AWESOME!


It was super fun getting to be part of Olivia's birthday party.


Here's Josh, proud to be an American; gun and woman in hand.


While we were having fun around Franklin, Mega Mel took his dirtbike down to Lynchburg for a visit at Jack Daniels Distillery.



God has blessed Marco and his family, with a great life.

Here's Big Trevor and Little Trevor.



Then it was off to a very nice campground between Nashville and Memphis for fishing and shooting...this is life in Tennessee...



We were trusting Olivia, when she said, "This snake isn't poisonous."

Good family fun, girls working on the art, boys playing with guns.


Nothing like boat fishing.






Colin and Marco came through, late the last night, pulling in a couple of nice sized bass. You can check the video at bottom to view fish and get some knife sharpening tips.


Nothing like a Tenn swimming hole to cool off from the HEAT of the day.


Josh and I were both pretty sad, saying good-bye.


Well, with the primary destination--and our farthest point East complete, it was time for the second destination point...Graceland.

Colin quickly set the ground rule, as I broke out in Elvis songs, "Dad, don't embarrass me."

"Sorry son, not really an option on this tour...'T.C.B.', 'Suspicious minds', 'That's alright mama', etc." Pretty much poured from me the whole time but Colin was very patient with me.





Turns out, Elvis used the Mega Motivator cards...



I thought the tour was really cool. It's amazing, that the guy who had a two bathroom, three room jet, lived in a "Mansion" that is about the size of your above average home in West.

Colin was like, "Dad, what are you doing? Who are you waving at?" "My fans son, just my fans..."


Colin's favorite part of the tour...the gift shops.


Rest in Peace E, T.C.B.