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Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 23 Feb

They tell you to learn something new every day. Today I learned that petrified wood weighs 166 pounds per cubic foot. How’s that for some heavy knowledge!! And where did I learn this, you ask? Why, at the Mississippi...

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Gobsmacked

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 1 Mar 24

With all of the traveling I do and things I see, it is hard for me to be overwhelmed. But it happened today. Overwhelmed. Amazed. Gobsmacked. What accomplished this? The USS Cairo at the Vicksburg National Military...

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“I’m As Free As a Bird Now…”

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 29 Feb 24

The last time I was in this region of Mississippi, there was no memorial for the victims of the 1977 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash, which happened outside of Gillsburg. As you can see, there is one now! Mississippi has...

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Another Great Trip in the Books

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 17 Nov 23

Thanks, as always, for coming along with me! I hope you had as much fun as I did!! The highlight, of course, was spending the day with my dear friends Charles and Ida in central Louisiana. We had lunch together, walked their...

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Toes in the Water…

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 14 Nov 23

…Butt in the sand. Actually, I stood, because I didn’t have a clue how I might get up if I sat down! I found the “shoes” I’m wearing on clearance at Wally World and thought, hey, they’d make good...

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Imagine Running Into Another Kentuckian in Biloxi!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 11 Nov 23

Well…not exactly. But I did go see his house. Who hasn’t had the dream of retiring right on the waterfront? That’s what Jefferson Davis did, in a house known as Beauvoir (which is French for “beautiful view”). I...

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That Was No Lady

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 10 Nov 23

One of the things most often said about Hurricane Camille is, “That was no lady.” Even if you aren’t a weather geek like I am, you’ve probably heard mention of that notorious monster that ripped a hole in the Gulf Coast in...

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Where History DID NOT Happen

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 10 Nov 23

Normally I’m here showing you all these cool places I visit, many of which have historical connections. Well, today, I’m going to show you a place where it DID NOT happen. At least not the way “the legend” says it did....

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Up on the Reef

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 9 Nov 23

Howdy! Instant update time. It’s been a wonderful day. I saw another shoot-em-up site, drove across the Ponchartrain, and I’ve landed in Biloxi. (Fear not, @TheHorse , Mr. Winchester has sung numerous times since I got...

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Daddy!!!

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 7 Nov 23

We call him the Father of Country Music. Back in his day, he was the Singing Brakeman or the Mississippi Blue Yodeler. Meridian, Mississippi is the birthplace of James Charles Rodgers. In his short life (he was 35 when he died...

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All Shook Up

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 6 Nov 23

My first stop in Mississippi today was in Tupelo. After some delicious BBQ chicken I went to see the birthplace of some guy who was born there…and Elves Presser or something like that. The Elvis Birthplace is a...

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Mississippi Burning

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 6 Nov 23

Today I saw something I wish I hadn’t had to see. Not because I didn’t want to see it; rather, because I would have preferred that it never happened. If you’re old like me and saw the made-for-TV movie [i]Attack on Terror: The...

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The Indignity of It

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 2 Feb 21

As February is Black History Month, one of my vacation stops today ties in with that. So sit back, and I’m going to give you some very unpleasant history. On April 23, 1940, Walter Barnes and His Royal Creolians made a...

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Walk, Walk, Walk

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 29 Jan 21

Let’s face it, when it comes to mileage, I didn’t put many on the car today. My shoes, however, are another story. The drive along US Highway 90 is stunning, with the Gulf of Mexico bordering the southern side of the...

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Instant Update

Four Walls @FourWalls (86939) • United States 29 Jan 21

Breakfast is over, and I’m at the beach. No, it’s not a put the bathing suit on and take a dip weather. Gorgeous, but it’s only in the low 50s. The natives are bundled up. I’m not, because there’s three inches of snow on the...

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