Toto, I've a feeling . . .

we're not in Ohio any more. Had to make a quick trip to the Sunflower grocery in Rolling Fork to pick up snack stuff for the after-school crowd, and just look! A WHOLE SECTION, just for grits!

the real Breakfast of Champions

Exhibit A: Isaiah Twitty (a.k.a. Twitty) student at Northwestern College and all-round athlete extraordinaire, about to dive into a bowl of the good stuff.

Who's who

Nothing says"Mississippi" like belly laughs and story-swapping around a table
in a rustic cabin after a good Southern meal!

Michele, Anna, and Michelle listen as Moses talks about why he wanted to come on this trip.

Moses, pensive.

McKenzie and Sarah get tickled.

Oge tries out a new look.

The Phillips cabin.

Twelve hours later. . . the crew from Wittenberg finds themselves in a cabin in the woods* outside Ruleville, Mississippi, eating barbecue and learning about their fellow travelers. (Most of us had not known each other prior to the trip.) A lovely evening of laughter and anticipation as we shared our stories and talked about the week ahead.

*Owned by the family of Wittenberg biology prof Richard Phillips, who very graciously allowed us to stay there to save hotel expenses.

So where are we going, again?

We're heading to Cary, Mississippi, a tiny little town on the famed Blues Highway (Hwy 61), situated between the big city of Rolling Fork (population about 2,500) and the intriguingly named Onward, Mississippi. (Onward is famous for the fact that Theodore Roosevelt's famous bear hunt was held there in 1902.) According to our friends at Wikipedia, as of the 2000 census, there were 427 people living in Cary. It'll be interesting to see how many of them we get to meet. . .