Mississippi Bugged Me

Day 5:

I'm still here...
I survived the stormy night in New Orleans. Called the Hertz place and they came and picked me up to take me to my car. As we drove along Convention Blvd down by the wharfs, I saw thousands of people waiting in line. We're talking at least 20,000 people. I asked the lady driving what was going on, and she said they were handing out emergency food stamps to people. I'll never complain about the lines at Disneyland again.
Ms. GPS led me out of the city with no problems, and I was happy to say goodbye to New Orleans.
I made it from New Orleans, La. through Mississippi, and half way through Alabama in 5 hours. No, I didn't speed at all...promise. I stopped in Ellisville Miss. for something to eat, and that's when I saw them... the front of my car was covered in big, smashed, black bugs. I mean covered. Wow!
Miss. was a nice drive, and so was Alabama. Lots of trees and wild flowers. Both states are beautiful in their own way.
I made it to John & Melody's house around 2:30. John says hey to y'all. Melody made a fantastic dinner, and then we decided to go to a movie. They have a brand new theatre here that is the first all digital everything in the country. None of us had seen the new Batman movie, so that's what we saw. John & Melody's daughter, Christina drove down from Huntsville to join us. The movie was ok, but the presentation was great!
My prayers have been answered so far. It is not too hot, and not too humid. I'm feeling right at home because they live near a train track. I can hear the whistle at night.
It's been nice to have a normal, quiet day. Will it last? What do you think?

Blessings to you all,
Matt