A year-and-a-half ago, I was in Tennessee during an ice storm. My first ever experience with one. All the residents assumed that, as a Canadian, I was familiar with such phenomena as iced-over cars and below-20 temperatures. Most didn’t believe me when I said the west coast rarely sees such cold. I was surprised to learn snow in Tennessee isn’t uncommon.

Despite an almost entirely closed-down state, I and my companions had an incredible time. And we learned the best way to get private time at Graceland is to visit in the middle of calamitous weather patterns.