Yesterday: trying to touch the river

Ate a big ass poor boy for brunch and then hit the road. Met this genial gentleman somewheres along the way. -L


Approximately where LA-415 and LA-416 meet– The rain thwarts our attempt to mount the levee and see the Mississippi. L&W in the rain

In between Morganza & Batchelor, Louisiana. We see an ornate church surrounded by a cemetery. Monument to the soldiers of Coupee Parish who died for the CSA. Turns out to be an Episcopal Church which explains why it's so well-maintained given the relative scarcity of money and people. Logan: "Aren't churches always unlocked?" This one was and each pew had an African American Spiritual Hymnal on it. (How do you get from Confederate Monuments to all black congregations?) If I didn't feel so guilty about being inside in the first place I probably would've taken one. Didn't feel bad enough to keep my hands off the organ.

Organ 2organ 4

Finally, near dusk, we come to the first place in literally hundreds of miles with a natural levee and we get right up to the River. I can feel some people's eyes rolling, across miles and miles of America (still rolling,) at the sound of this next mp3 BUT this is the most peaceful minute of mp3 I've captured yet. Natchez, Mississippi under the bluff.

Mississippi @ Natchez


We met some great folks at the Under the Hill Saloon. We're about to go eat at a place called, Mammy's Cupboard with new friends today. This afternoon, I'm gonna record with this guy I met at the bar, Ben Lewis. Promise to post more mp3s later.