Thursday, August 07, 2003
Thursday update – they’ve got internet access in the B+B here in Port Gibson, MS, so time for a quick update.
Made it to Port Gibson, described by General Grant during the Civil War as ‘too beautiful to burn’, and it is extremely pretty, with loads of 1830s and 40s Greek Revival style houses around, and trees and stuff.
But it’s still got the same probs as most of the towns I’ve been through on the way down – the downtown is all but derelict. Boarded up shops and no foot traffic. To get something to eat in the evening in this lovely town, you have to get in your car, drive to the edge of town and go to the Sonic drive-in.
Don’t know what the solution is, but I’ve seen these donut towns of every size all the way down the river.
But in my tech-haven B+B, they’ve got satellite telly, so I’ll be sitting down in front of BBC America for some good stuff tonight.
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