Ok so even I am not crazy enough to like riding in this heat. It was over 100 when we arrived in Meridian Mississippi this afternoon. Thankfully our ride was a little under 200 miles and we left fairly early.
My first order of business when we got here was to go to the Harley dealer and get a headlight as mine was out. They really did a nice job by having drinks and hot dogs for us as we got to the dealer. Thankfully I was also able to get an early check in at the hotel.
Meridian calls itself the "Birthplace of American Music" and the "Father of Country Music" Jimmie Rodgers was born here. After settling in we went to the Jimmie Rogers Museum in Highland Park. The museum is resembles a big garage that somebody stuffed a lot of memorabilia in. It is nice but rather rough. One of the more interesting things though is there is actually a coal locomotive a passenger car and a caboose on the grounds.
On the same Grounds is an authentic carousel that is on the national Register of Historic sites. It actually is a working Merry Go Round complete with music.
Tonight the local dealer hosted a nice party for us complete with fried catfish, barbeque, live blues/rock music and gallons of the best lemonade.
Tomorrow will check another activity off of my "want to" list as we will travel some of the Natchez Trace on our way to Memphis.
Love that carousel!
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