Who Dat on Friday the 13th

Day 23:
This morning, aside from the tropical storm, which attacked us, we encountered a hurricane of our own: Donna. She is the one who provides room service for breakfast for us. We asked for it to be brought in between 8-8:30 am. At 7:30 she called and told us she was already making it. At 7:55, she called and said it would be there in five minutes. One hour later all we got was China plates left at our door! Donna had forgotten about our breakfast. We are still laughing about Hurricane Donna.
Anyway...the storm cleared, we went on a Cemetery/Voodoo tour and we found one of the funniest tour guides of all time. He looked like the Old Spice guy and was as funny as Dave Letterman, ranting all about how stupid the people were in New Orleans and their obvious names. Later we walked around Bourbon St. One of the most craziest streets you will ever step foot on. Everyone carried hand-grenades, a drink where the glass looked exactly like a hand-grenade. In the French Quarter, we tried our first beignets, kind of like a zeppole you would get at a carnival in Little Italy. Our server was really nasty, and the only thing he said was: "Ordah!" and we were a little freaked out. We made a little joke of how he just sat there sleeping, pretending like he was working. Tomorrow we will sadly leave New Orleans, and slowly make our way to St. Augustine by next week, and have a rough 80-90% chance we are returning exactly on Aug. 27. That's all for now, hope you all enjoy hurricane-free weather.

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.