Thank you, thank you very much.

We are west-bound now, and you have not heard much from us because of some bad luck in picking up the 'Net from our overnight locations. First night a spot in PA, right on the Appalachian Trail, located precisely at the halfway-point of the north-south trek for ambitious hikers. The ruins of an old iron smelting operation were the centerpiece of this state park.

Sticking with history as the theme of our journey, we hit Eastern Kentucky the next night, Boonsborough to be exact. Daniel Boone and a gang of woodsmen cut their way through the forest before this area was part of the United States, establishing Transylvania, as it was known for about a month. We camped in an area adjacent to the Kentucky River and an old lock that once served the heavy barge traffic on this watercourse that connects to the Ohio.

Then we moved into a little history that is more recent in vintage-- the history of The King. No, not King George-- Elvis, of course. Here we sit on Hound Dog Way in Graceland RV Park, right across the street from the real Graceland, where the King spread his peanut butter onto white bread piled with bananas, and bacon (most likely) and occasionally went on exercise binges so that he could fit into the jumpsuits for his next string of comeback concerts. Memphis is HOT, brother, 90 degrees at eight in the evening, and we started to understand why the poor guy was always dripping in sweat when we saw him on TV. Just to be a little Elvis-like, we ordered some barbecue takeout, and had it delivered to our RV, with some fried pickles as a starter. Of course, you don't expect to visit the home of a King and not buy some stuff in his royal store. Kathy has picked out a few things that will help us make sure that we never forget that we drove on Elvis Boulevard, and posed for pictures just down the hill from where he was bodily assumed into heaven by a choir of angels (or am I confusing him with some other star?) We had our doubts, but no longer. Elvis lives, notwithstanding that he may have temporarily left the building.