A Close Call in the Bible Belt
Jan 5-6 From Natchez, MS to Gainesville, TX Driving through Mississippi and northern Louisiana, we were struck by the economic hardship and lack of public services in Scotlandville, Sugartown and other small rural communities. They seemed to have only God to get them...
New Orleans and Natchez
Jan. 2-5 New Orleans To sweeten our long days in the car, we listened to an audiobook of John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley. Steinbeck found a way, on his 1960 journey across the country, to ask people about what was going on in America. The issues they worried...
The Frozen Confederacy
We arrive at Vicksburg, where the white South is frozen in time.
A Rock N Roll New Years
Monday Jan. 1, 2018 Day Five: New Year’s Eve at Graceland (part two) It turned out that the real New Year’s Eve party was in the lobby, where piano player Rob Haynes was bringing Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles and Elvis back to life. He was banging the keyboard...