Friday

Driving driving driving... We slept well in the city of Kings and didn’t end up getting on the road until 10:00 a.m. It was already 95 degrees. I’m a big fan of the hot weather myself, but I don’t know how people here function in this much hot. We stopped for lunch in Tupelo at a deli called McAlister’s, because, well, what would you do? It’s our name, we’ve gotta stop. It’s a chain of delis in the south. The girl behind the counter seemed very impressed by the fact that our name is McAllister and that we’re all the way from Maryland. Tim asked me later if she might have thought that we actually drove all the way from Maryland specifically to visit their establishment. That might have explained the stunned look on her face. Service was a tad slow so we had plenty of time to chat in line. We had a nice conversation with a youngish couple in line. They had a 2 year old with them and Tim stopped her from eating gum off the floor, which she was rolling on. People there are very friendly.