Blogs from Mississippi, United States, North America - page 23

We spent a leisurely morning and left the RV park around 11:00. Jodie and Nancy spent a half hour on the phone going over the mail. We saw our first dead armadillo by the roadside. Will we ever see a live one? A highway sign for an upcoming rest area said, "Security Provided". We decided we didn't need to stop.We passed through Jackson, the state capital. According to the guidebook, it was nicknamed Chimneyville, after Sherman burned the town in July, 1863. There were beautiful, new interchanges in Jackson, but the highway was old, rough, and bouncy. We were sure everything in the trailer would have fallen out of the cupboards and be all jumbled up on the floor. Shortly after Jackson, we got onto the Natchez Trace Parkway. We just happened to have brought along ... read more

nov 18 Poplarville was cold last night, really cold, and to be honest rural Mississippi is loosing its charm, what with the dogs and the dry counties. The aca route goes way deep ito the countryside along farm roads which will no doubt have their share of four legged menaces. I decide that its time to once again abandon the route and head directly south to Gulfport only 40 miles south of here, the Gulf of Mexico wow! The chill northerthly winds assist my decision and I am soon whizzing along southwards at 15 plus mph. I have resarched a bit on google and know that there are various 'campgrounds' . The ride down to the Gulf of Mexico is brill , smooth roads , high average speed , pleasing forested scenery and no dogs. The ... read more

After traveling around Colorado with Seth's parents...it's was time to head South....my first time! I traveled through New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.... drove over the Mississippi, then we traveled up the Natchez Trace to Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and a very short moment in Georgia.....Seth and I went to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park... spending more time in the backcountry again.... read more

What a bittersweet day--the last day of the build. Even though I'm blogging this on Saturday at the Biloxi airport, I want to share our experiences on the job site on Friday and our last evening in Biloxi. It truly was a bittersweet day as we worked hard to achieve all we could. And that was a lot. We almost completed the nailing of the sheeting to the house--only about 20 nails left on one wall and about a quarter of the back wall. That was a lot of nails--especially on the last day when we ran out of the "good" nails--ones that we thought were better--to aluminum nails that caused many of us to pound three nails for every one that actually went into the wall. We learned the art of patience as we hammered. ... read more

Suggested Listening for this Entry: "Cross Road Blues" and "Hell Hound on My Tail" by Robert Johnson. "I Can't Be Satisfied", "Rolling Stone" and "Long Distance Call" by Muddy Waters. Suggested Food and Drink for this Entry: Surely, you're not tired of BBQ and beer yet? Prior to leaving D.C., Ips, the Player and I decided we were going to take a side trip from Memphis into the Mississippi Delta in search of blues, hopefully to be heard in a juke joint. For those of you who don't know what a juke joint is, I offer you Wikipedia's very scientific definition: Juke joint (or jook joint) is the vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African American people in the southeastern United States. The term "juke" is believed ... read more