The Deep South

The deep south!  Things I have only read about really do exist here in amazing technicolor and 3D! 

Driving along I saw what looked like white dust bunnies along the sides of the road, then glancing up I saw a whole field of white!  In Illinois that means snow.  Here it was cotton!  Cotton as far as I could see and not just one boll on a plant, but lots of them, like snapdragons on a stem.  Amazing!

There are trees that stand up like giant sprays and even the possibility of alligators in the ditches which I understand are part of the bayou!

And it's dark down here!  At least at night, but it is beautiful and quaint  too. 

I got lost tonight, but the people are very friendly and helpful.  It's been an interesting trip with towns like Boomtown, Arkadelphia, Texarkana, Natchitoches...and the pronunciation is not what you might expect.

I have been east and west and even north, but this is the first time in my life I have really been into the deep central southern part of our country.  It is different.  But I stand in the window looking out and I am charmed.