Archive for June, 2008

The Dead in the Big Easy

Friday, June 6th, 2008

The Big Easy again
Our second day here started with a very long drive hoping to see the point where the Miss empties into the gulf.  However, since the river is so windy, it would have involved another ferry ride and quite a long trip, so we got halfway there.  What was so startling, however, was [...]

The Big Easy

Friday, June 6th, 2008

The Big Easy
We left Natchez on June 3 and made our way to New Orleans, stopping along the way in Gibson Point on Church Street to take this photo. What were these people thinking? There were easily 10 churches on the well-named street.
Our campgrounds in New Orleans is in St. Bernard parish, one of the heavily hit [...]

Natchez, Mississippi

Friday, June 6th, 2008

We visited Natchez proper on June 2., and although we were glad to visit, was not our all time favorite place. In the morning David met an 84 year old man on a motor scooter who lives in Natchez and scooters around the park every morning.  It seems he has a pop-up just like ours and uses [...]

Memphis

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

On May 30 we left for Memphis and stopped at Shiloh battlefield and drove on the Natchez Trace on the way. We went past the grave of Merriweather Lewis’s grave on the Natchez Trace which was very meaningful, especially to David.
On May 31 WE MET ELVIS!!! Graceland at 10 am. What an operation. The staging [...]

Nashville Continued

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Well, the Grand Ole Opry was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to music here in the south.  The day after the Opry we headed first for the Gibson Banjo factory and something called the Gibson Showcase where, supposedly there was music all day.  What a major disappointment.  The factory had a [...]