Spring break

For all the warnings I received from Missouri folk about the weirdos to avoid in the south, my experience was instead of warmth, good manners, and wonderful hospitality. The blue line on the map shows the way I went to Gulf Shores, and the red line shows the route home.

Tennis and surfing were the main activities at Gulf Shores. On the way home we experienced turnip greens, field peas, fried chicken livers, catfish and all manners of vegetables cooked in lard at a wonderful family restaurant in Jackson, Mississippi. The Mississippi river really is the most impressively large river I've ever seen.

The Lee family from Fayetteville, Arkansas extended most generous hospitality toward myself and Jong Jin, a Korean exchange student. The whole spring break was spent being part of their family.