According to Santi

Thanks to Santi for reminding us to keep blogging! We haven't always had the most reliable internet access and our dream of blogging every night faded quickly.

We spent the last four days visiting family in the South. After we left our great hotel in Arkansas (can't beat Hampton Inn!) on Tuesday morning, we drove to the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. Since it's a bit like a museum of the 1990s, we had a blast reliving all of our favorite moments during our favorite President's tenure. Although, I'd recommend skipping the library's restaurant...

From Little Rock, we took the back roads to Jackson, Mississippi. It was amazing to get off the interstate for awhile and actually SEE the Mississippi river! Plus, we were both excited to add another state to our list since the back roads took us through Louisiana in addition to Arkansas and Mississippi.

To drive along the river felt like we were driving back in time (except for the many, many Tyson Chicken trucks passing us in the other direction). Like good Yankees, we were impressed with the levees, the swampy waterways and the fields of cotton. We also couldn't miss the rural poverty that is still pervasive in the deep south.

We arrived in suburban Mississippi to visit with Steve's Dad and his wife. Other than a short drive to the Jackson reservoir, we didn't see much outside their sprawling development. I guess we'll have to do the historical trip to Mississippi another time!

Since it's time for us weary travelers to turn in (at yet another Hampton Inn!), we'll finish telling our story in the next few days. We should be in Ann Arbor ("home"?) by tomorrow afternoon.