603 Miles
Ruston La
We kept dogging the ole 2-0 in a westward fashion, perambulating as we went.
We stopped in Meridian Ms long enough for a whoppin plate full of soul food and a trip to the Jimmie Rodgers Museum.
The food (fried porkchop, okra, black eyed peas, cornbread, iced tea) was truly memorable.
Jimmie Rodgers “the singing brakeman” himself was born in Meridian.
Clearly the whole train thing took him somewhere else.]
Anyway we took a tour of the museum (with a docent chock-full-of-stories) bought a t shirt and got back on the big 20. West
Arrived in Vicksburg at the Battle Memorial Center in time to get the full 20 minute movie at the visitor center. We then got a laser LED presentation of the siege and battle happenings & we were off for the memorial tour. Its about 20 miles long with plenty of stops and some interesting information.
No big changes on the outcome. Grant & Sherman prevailed, the Union was preserved, and we toddled off to a local brew pub for one of the Local IPA’s
Tomorrow is starting to look like Texas
Oxford Soul food
She’s Long She’s Tall She’s Six feet from the ground
She’s tailor-made, she ain’t no hand me down
Laying Siege
The Gunship...... surrounded by ........ GUNS!!!!
President Grant.... before election
Miss the Mississippi
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