TCB

The breakfast at the hotel Tuesday morning had a few options but it was kind of hard to tell because the kitchen was blocked off with a table and you had to ask for what you wanted. I did get a pretty good cinnamon roll but since I was up before everyone else, I went to Waffle House to get hash browns for everyone. They were pretty good. I hadn't even been to one before but they were cheap and good.

After breakfast, a local P3er (friend of Puddles), Shannon, met up with us before she headed to work. It's always fun to catch up with others that love that clown. She didn't have much time before she had to run (and we needed to head out, too).

We left Southaven on I-69 (nice) until we could head east on I-22. An hour or so into the day's drive, we stopped in Tupelo, Mississippi. I expected that Elvis's birthplace would be a plaque next to a house with maybe a place to park. What we found was a rather large park, museum, exhibits, and frankly, impressive stop. Tupelo more than made up for missing Graceland. I highly recommend it to anyone passing near the area.

To be completely honest, I've only ever had a negative perception of Mississippi. Much of that is justified by history but as a traveler, it was the nicest roads by far. It wasn't when close. It was also beautiful, lush and green scenery. The few people I encountered were warm and friendly. The one knock I have is that the weather was warm and humid. Yuck.

I really hoped to see America in a new light on this trip. I now know what a beautiful state Mississippi is, and I only saw the corridor that cut across the northern part of the state. I hear it has beaches, too.