After driving over 1100 miles I reached our daughter’s home in Rapids City, IL, a small town situated on the banks of the mighty Mississippi. I always think I’ll come up with a better adjective for this father of American rivers, but nothing suits it quite as well.
I guess we could say HUGE, but thanks to the current presidential elections the H word is so overworked. And it fails the alliteration test, so there’s that.
Last night I stayed at a dump of an inn in Nashville, Tennessee. I might’ve slept for three hours. But earlier in the evening I did get to go visit with my cousin, singer/songwriter Effron White who hosted a songwriter’s round at the Millennium Maxwell House. It was the first time in a decade that we were able to hang out.
The evening’s company and entertainment more than made up for a poor night’s rest. In fact, since I couldn’t sleep I just played all the songs back in my head.
More photos from the evening. I was blown away by the level of talent in the room.
Check out one of Effron’s songs as performed by Phil Lancaster. I just love the French introduction!
http://youtu.be/A1YVPWqsJc0
Peace, people!
Praying for Eyebrowz 
Looks like you are having fun. Good job!
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Looks like a blast, apart from lack of sleep. The joy of travelling and taking pot luck with good hotels and crappy beds, or even crappy hotels with even crappier beds
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Oh, and lots of loud, drunken neighbors.
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oh, how can ANYONE forget those lol
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Splendid video…it would seem you had an equally splendid time no less!
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I had a great time!
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A good thing indeed
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And the French is good, too !
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I know!
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Nice post. How about Mahoosive?
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The Mahoosive Mississippi? Let’s see if that catches on.
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