To many people in this area, Memphis is the “Capital of the Mid-South” because it really is the hub for North Mississippi, East Arkansas, West Tennessee and the Missouri Bootheel. That means that while in Memphis, you have a great opportunity to branch out to the smaller cities and interesting countryside around us. See Memphis has put together some fantastic day (or overnight) trips that we think groups would enjoy.

experience the nation’s third-largest gaming area, Tunica County. You’ll find not only 24-hour gaming, but great restaurants, interesting museums and of course, riverboat rides on the mighty Mississippi. That’s also where you begin to encounter the delta, where the blues were born. Clarksdale is home to the Delta Blues Museum as well as Morgan Freeman’s Ground Zero Blues Club and Indianola is where famous bluesman B.B. King was born. It’s soon to be home to a new museum in his honor. Be sure to try some Mississippi Delta Hot Tamales while you’re there.

Veer slightly east and you’ll find the historic cities of Holly Springs and Oxford. Holly Springs is known for its beautifully-preserved homes and churches and Oxford as the home of both William Faulkner and John Grisham – a real writer’s town. A little further down highway 78 brings you to Tupelo , birthplace of Elvis Presley. The shotgun house where he was born is open to the public and you can visit the hardware store where he bought his first guitar – and even buy one there yourself!

We’ll help you with arrangements to any of these interesting sites!

If you’re an Elvis fan, Jane’s the guide for you. She’ll be happy to tell you all about her “Elvis sightings” – like at his homecoming concert at Russwood Park where her dance group was part of the pre-show entertainment – or the night when Elvis and his Memphis Mafia pulled into Fortune’s Jungle Garden right beside them (bet you don’t even know what Fortune’s Jungle Garden was!) She danced behind Eddie Fisher when he was the headliner at the Memphis Cotton Carnival while Elvis, who was still a hometown boy at the time, drew the crowds with his appearance at the city auditorium. Jane has spent her entire life in Memphis and remembers how exciting those early concerts were!! She has lots of “non-Elvis” memories as well. She loves her hometown and you’ll love it too after seeing it through Jane’s eyes.