Wingate Inns Tupelo

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Wateryway ("Tenn-Tom) connects the Tennessee River at Pickwick Lake with the Tombigbee River in Demopolis, AL. Eleven locks dropping a total of 341 feet are present along this 253 mile stretch.

Other than seeing a little mink-like animal running along the river, the other highlight during the last couple of days was ...

... out to be a bad support of the entire kitchen counter causing it to slip off a support and was sagging down causing the gap. They got the furniture builder over to tell them how to fix that-something I thought they would not bother to fix and find it was also serious. Six lights were totally replaced and lots of other items got fixed today. They got through about half of my list so I report there at 7 am again tomorrow morning. Oh, and it is raining again tonight! When they ...

... by noon tomorrow!! It is pouring so hard it is hard to hear in here! So I am going to snuggle up in bed and watch a video, set the alarm and be over there at the bay 5 at 7 am!

Oct 14- Wednesday-The start of my 4th week here! It poured rain till after midnight, then just stayed grey and yucky all day long. I was up and over at the bay before they had the door open. The guys got right to work and by 10am I was finished. The slide out took nearly all ...

... I am a liar. If I had told them that Charlie said to give Dar or one of them something special I suspect they would believe that, but not when it is something in my favor. I will not be able to get the Jeep out for the parade and I feel bad that Darryl is in the middle of this. What could he do when Chuck demanded the keys! Now they want to give me the oldest Ford Taurus in the company and it can’t even be towed behind the motorhome. Charlie had also told me he wanted me to ...

... start apearing on it, touch marks and drip marks it is a freaky mirror. On you tube there is a video where a spirit is seen in it. Again see pictures for the mirror.

The tour as was on a whole uneventful as far as spirits touching me is concerned. We did have a moment where the lights flashed and there was a weird noise for a moment but I wasn't sure if my head was playing tricks on me. After a few other people said they heard the ...

Hello all! 

I think it finally set in that I was leaving tomorrow when I saw the jets on the runway.  My family decided to beat the traffic and head up to Memphis tonight for an early flight tomorrow.  We went to an Italian restaurant tonight, thanks dad!  
Anna Kate and I leave at 9:30 ish tomorrow for ATL, and then we will meet up with everyone in ATL to Tokyo.  My bags are packed, and I am ready to go on a long flight!  Im so excited!

 Yorushiku (Best Regards),  
 Casey

... I got lost trying to get back the the Trace Parkway! You'd think I'd have figured out how to set the coordinates in 'Emily' so that I can return and pick up where I left off, but I keep forgetting to do that until it's too late and I don't remember how to get back to where I was going. Does that make sense? In the early afternoon I drove for several miles along the Ross Barnett Reservoir, which is lovely and really beckoned to my kayak. Sure ...

... Roadstop" with the counter girl who could give a rats ass about anything but her doritos. Needless to say, it all worked out. There are no hostels in AL or Memphis so I am treating myself to a hotel. It will be nice to get a good night's rest since that loud bass I mentioned in the last entry, ummm, didn't stop until 3am. It wasn't the hostel though, it was the neighboring house. And I think ...

... and why he was so proud to be able to share his home at Graceland with them. But the area in which he spent the early years had a profound effect on the man and musician he was to become. The museum and park that now stand here were paid for by Elvis himself, he wanted a park for the neighbourhood children, and the chapel was built by with donations from his fans. The legend lives on. www.elvispresleybirthplace.com

... melons, here and there, drunk with juices running down our chin. Look back down the row! A trail of melons busted up, we laughed and walked back to the house. That night, Uncle Herman used his leather strap. Dwight took the blame for us, and never said a word. I guess that's what big brothers do. My second-oldest cousin. Did I ever tell him thanks? I brought a present, I remember, and get the box out of my pack. It's a Christmas wreath, just-right small, and red, I ...