Goodby Memphis - Hello Big Easy

Day 22:
Today we finished the rest of Memphis, finished the musical town with Stax record company. It was very good to be inside on a scalding 100 degree day. The museum was all about the birth and evolution of Soul music, starting in the late 1800s and began as Gospel in the churches. Soon, many white folks started to record with many black artist, and the Stax label took off from there. Most of the artist there had many #1 hits and won awards for their singles, and Stax was very popular around the world and Memphis soon became very well known. Though, once Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, then came the downfall of Stax. By 1975, almost 85 employees working for Stax received the pink slips, and then came the closing of Stax. Soon, in 2002-03, Stax was reopened as a museum and declared a historic landmark of Memphis, sharing Soul with the many hearts of Tennessee. We drove on the highway 55 until we came to Jackson, Mississippi(felt like actually spelling it for kudos) and stopped for lunch. I had one the 'award winning' fried chicken dinners in the top ten of USA Today. It was surprisingly sweet and delectable. After our late lunch we hit the road again to New Orleans, LA. A lot of the hotels are smoking rooms, which isn't great for us, even one hotel didn't have a window. I bet the AAA discount for that hotel is a window with a view of a brick wall. However we got a very sweet suite, and soon realized that the Times Sq. of New Orleans is something I would be more interested when I turn 21. Tomorrow would conveniently be Friday the 13th, and I thought it would be fitting to do a Voodoo tour, including ghosts and vampires and the New Orleans cemetery, where the tomb of the voodoo queen lies. Voodoo is very popular aspect of New Orleans, maybe even a cult. Tomorrow there is flash flood warnings for tropical depression Danielle, but is said to be 90 degrees out. I'm gonna rest up for a long heat walk tomorrow.