Category Archives: On the Road Again
Forty-Four
New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans looks pretty much the same to me. I watched, as I came into town, for signs of the ordeal she’d survived and didn’t see much. The biggest indicators along the interstate were those of depopulation: … Continue reading
Forty-Three
Baton Rouge, Lousiana Despite my native Pennsylvanian pride Louisiana might be a legitimate contender for the Union’s “Most Corrupt State” award. In my political touristing I saw a statue to the governor who finally managed to outlaw the Louisiana State … Continue reading
Forty-Two
Baton Rouge, Lousiana Rocket fuel – real and metaphorical – is the order of the day. First, I slipped back into Mississippi to see the John Stennis Space Center where all rocket engines since the Saturn V have been tested … Continue reading
Forty-One
. . . Secesh has got to be swept away by the hand of God . . . Beauvoir – outside Biloxi, MS If you haven’t seen the post-Katrina Gulf Coast, it’s worth seeing. Even now, three years after the … Continue reading
Thirty-Nine
What a weird night. The folks here in Mobile – and perhaps all Alabamians – have deeply absorbed the NASCAR way of driving: no turn indicators, quick starts, quick stops, weaving in and out of traffic. It takes some getting … Continue reading