We left Forrest City at 940am. Forrest City is a nice little stop before you enter the populated Memphis… Has an Old Sawmill restaurant and a Cajun restaurant right near the Quality Inn. Chuck foraged soups, chicken, sweet potato, fried oysters… and we dined in our room. It was fun to picnic. Today, Sunday dawned sunny. I was tired and wanted to lag, but home is close… I’m coughing not as deeply and hurtfully as 10 days ago, but still… a bronchial cough now. And the tiredness is amazing! Breakfast usually accompanied by coffee with chocolate in it gets me going! I sit in a corner and cough into a napkin… We headed out to drive thru Memphis and get out on the other side headed for Tupulo. Not that easy. I got caught in the loop. If I had the GPS on she would have guided us. We drove a little on the "ring road" and finally headed south towards Birmingham and Montgomery Alabama. We have been to Memphis and Tupulo to visit Elvis homes so "been there done that." I think everyone needs to do it once, and eat barbeque and listen to music in downtown Memphis. Yep, done that! Alabama and Mississippi are not my favorite places to even drive through due to their clear known racial history of discrimination. As we drive I pray for peace in our own hearts. Birmingham reminds me of Martin Luther King and his fight and death. We must never forget King’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Never forget and try to change our hearts. Today we selected 50s music on Sirius radio (50s on 5). and we swoozed. There was an hour of Pat Boone presents Elvis Pressley and Pat Boone played other singers doing Elvis’ songs. Elvis did all of them better. (Pat Boone is 84 and still working!!!). The south is blooming in pink and purple trees! Pink tulips and pansies decorated a tiny gas station. We glided out of Tennessee into Alabama; "Sweet Home Alabama" greeted us, and the radio crooned "The name of the place is: I like it like that." OH! We crossed the Mississippi River at Memphis and it is swollen. There were signs of exits closed due to flooding: "Do not attempt to drive on exit!" The reason I say it looked swollen is what is normally wetlands near the Interstate the trees seemed to be half way under water… Pray for folks affected by flooding in Missouri and Iowa; flooding is coming down river. We arrived at our Quality Inn just south of Montgomery, at the entrance to our next road that will take us down to I-10. Should take 2 days to get home! Thank God. Thank you angels. When I get home I have to dispatch my angels to cousin Laura having shoulder surgery; brother in law George very sick; and friend Miriam from St Timothy having heart artery surgery. God bless my sick friends. Thank God.
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