way down south

left tennessee and into the Mississippi delta. a couple of comments - it is very

flat and it is very poor. drove into a couple of larger centres (clarksdale and greensville) and a lot of the downtown buildings are closed, boarded up and covered in graffitti. a lot of shacks that people appear to live in and then you come across some big fancy houses and the normal suburbia along the highway. If we had to do over again, would have planned to be here on a weekend and/or during a festival.

Did not find much for club scenes or live music on a Monday night. Vicksburg was probably the nicest city we saw. Spent a couple of hours wandering around and had a great (and huge) southern cooking lunch (for $5) at a local place. Casinos appear to be the way they are trying to revive their economy and up until a little while ago they had to be on the water. we wandered through one of the steamwheeler casinos - neat idea but inside pretty much like any casino you have seen. we also crossed the Mississippi at one point just so we can say we were actually in Arkansas.
from the delta we went southeast across the state and through the capital, Jackson. Wandered a bit there but did not seem to be much to see. Spent the night at a small campground at D'Lo. The guy at the office (who was 400 lbs at least) had a girlfriend in Canada he visited every so often. His big complaint about Canada was that he could not get grits, cornbread or decent fried chicken so when he goes he takes his own.
left D'Lo and on to the gulf coast in Mobile, Alabama. wandered the waterfront, they have the typical entertainment district and what looked like a very busy, large port. Now on our way to Biloxi and then on to New orleans tomorrow.
the pics above, in no particular order, are:
riverboat casino on Mississippi River
Monique on carriage tour in Memphis (did i mention how much we liked Memphis!)
Randy doing a poor Elvis impersonation at Sun Studios
at Biscuits & Bluegrass
the grand Ole Opry

all for now - hope everyone is doing well!!!