Last Night in Mississippi

Drove the SAG car today.   The women did 67 miles through quiet rural roads of southern Mississippi.   Nothing much happening en route until they crossed the bridge/bridges into  Pascagoula. Pascagoula, the “Singing River” city beside the Gulf of Mexico has a deep and rich history as a European settlement that goes back over 300 years. Her name is taken from a band of peaceful Native Americans (Pascagoula means “bread eaters”) who inhabited the area when Hemando De Soto first made contact with them in the 1540’s. Tragically, these noble people are now extinct having drowned themselves chanting as they waded into the deepening river waters rather than enslave themselves to their enemy, the fierce Biloxi. Thus, the legend of the “Singing River” was born.  We celebrated our arrival in Pascagoula by having a Margarita party this evening.