After days of destruction, Hurricane Harvey continues its path into the heartland of America. Authorities are calling the destruction and flooding in Houston and along the Texas coast some of the worst in US history. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Mississippi
Queen of the Gypsies: Long May She Reign
Want to see the graves of Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, and Charles Darwin? Then it’s off to London’s Westminster Abbey. Have a hankering to visit the final resting place of Kelly Mitchell, aka “Queen of the Gypsies?” Continue reading
Meridian’s Painted Ponies: Raring To Go For A Good Cause
After exiting the Natchez Trace, and pointing our six-wheeled, articulated, mobile domicile east, we passed through Meridian – a small town in East Central Mississippi. This wasn’t a planned stop, but floods (and tornados) farther west forced us to keep our plans, umm … fluid. Continue reading
Architecture / Travel / USA
Inns Of The Natchez Trace: A Place To Hang Your Coonskin Cap
Beginning just south of Nashville, Tennessee and tracking southwest for 444 miles to Natchez, Mississippi is one of America’s first superhighways – the Natchez Trace. Continue reading
Architecture / Travel / USA
Natchez Beauty: Lisa’s Labor of Love
When our artist friend Lisa in Ecuador checked in on our “Spring Fling” camping trip across the South, and learned that one of our destinations was Natchez, Mississippi, she got excited. Why? Because she has a connection. Continue reading
Knocked Naked in Natchez at Fat Mama’s
You often hear people complaining about the “homogenization of American food,” and we can attest that on our Spring Fling across the southern US we’ve seen our share of ubiquitous fast food chains like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s. Continue reading
