A long day to drive and love America. From the Mississippi river we "endured" the Natchez Parkway. The Parkway is a four hundred miles of perfectly manicured two-lane road with no commercial traffic and no commercial structures and a speed limit of 50 mph! We drove into sister Toni's driveway about 10:45 p.m. and stayed up till 2 a.m. laughing, talking and catching up.
The humidity is great, no rain but plenty of heat and lightn'n bugs and mosquitos. Lot's o swamp land and now that we're in Tennessee...Confederate flags, political divides and Americana. Franklin has an amazing downtown that's as clean and neat as downtown Disneyland with great restaurants and shops. Nissan has incroporated a plant here as well as G.M. and a plethora of L.A. transplants from the entertainment industry. Toni mentioned she ran into Nicole Kidman in Starbucks recently and Miley Cyrus in Target, claims she's seen more movie stars here than she ever did in L.A.
One interesting cultural phenomena is the sense of Americana, community, religion...people are very friendly. It's easier to be much more relaxed...we're starting to slow down a bit, I hear that can be a good thing!
We'll be here for a few days while the boys get to know their cousins again...until we head up the Blue Ridge Parkway and on to Washington D.C. Miss everyone!
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