We set out on Wednesday from Baton Rouge on US 61. US 61 runs along the Mississippi and is called the Blues Highway. It runs from New Orleans through Memphis, St. Louis and on to Chicago. Along the way we found our amazing lunch spot, the Magnolia Cafe, in St. Francisville, LA.
That is us, super happy, after having shared two of the nasties sandwiches we have ever had ... with the exception of that Ruben in Annapolis that I can still taste.
After lunch we passed into Mississippi, driving along the river and crossed into Louisiana again at Natchez. Our objective was to travel up the West side of the river and make sure we traveled through the southeast corner of Arkansas. We ended Wednesday in Memphis, deciding to pass on Graceland.
Thursday turned out to be our International Travel Day. We headed on toward Nashville, but took a circuitous route. We stoped in Milan for lunch. Next we visited Paris. Our time included a trip to the Eiffel Tower.
Next we traveled through Cadiz. At this point, we decided to skip Rome and journey to the Parthenon.
I am not an expert, but it looked like it had undergone some restoration.
We also came across this gem.
Turns out that this is a 351 foot obelisk monument to Jefferson Davis, raised in his birthplace. It looks strikingly similar to the Washington Monument (which stands 550 feet tall).
We ended our two days of southern state travel in Nashville for a weekend of music fun (next post). As a result of our wandering travels thus far, we have visited 38 of the lower 48 states, including every state east of the Mississippi river.
Once we depart Chicago later this week, we will attempt to include a visit to the final 10 continental states (SD, MT, WY, UT, ID, NV, WA, OR, CA & AZ) as we complete our baseball journey.
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