{"id":162,"date":"2003-04-16T11:58:51","date_gmt":"2003-04-16T17:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/?p=162"},"modified":"2012-08-17T10:41:51","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T16:41:51","slug":"deep-south-roadtrip-march-28-april-6-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/deep-south-roadtrip-march-28-april-6-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep South Roadtrip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jay, Heather, and I decided to see what the deal was with the deep south, anyway. We definitely learned. Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=16132248768654280928,33.396700,-90.871700%3B11701526673671040740,32.921880,-90.864990%3B14056010721535579440,31.571030,-91.325270%3B15598869622160716655,31.097220,-91.292810&amp;saddr=minneapolis,+mn&amp;daddr=nashville,+tn+to:Lynchburg,+TN+to:Nashville,+TN+to:memphis,+tn+to:tunica,+ms+to:US-61+S+%4033.396700,+-90.871700+to:US-61+%4032.921880,+-90.864990+to:US-61+S%2FUS-84+W+%4031.571030,+-91.325270+to:US-61%2FUS-61+S+%4031.097220,+-91.292810+to:new+orleans,+la+to:mobile,+al+to:New+Orleans,+LA+to:minneapolis,+mn&amp;mra=pi&amp;mrcr=8&amp;via=6,7,8,9&amp;sll=37.46448,-89.811855&amp;sspn=24.294829,41.132813&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=37.474858,-89.868164&amp;spn=24.294829,41.132813&amp;z=5\">the map for the entire route<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read from the beginning below, or jump to each day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3\/28: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/fri-32803-pre-trip\/\">Pre-trip in Minneapolis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>3\/29: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/sat-32903-minneapolis-nashville\/\">Minneapolis to Nashville, Tennessee<\/a><\/li>\n<li>3\/30: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/sun-3302003-nashville\/\">Nashville<\/a><\/li>\n<li>3\/31: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/mon-3312003-nashville-memphis\/\">Nashville to Memphis<\/a> (Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg)<\/li>\n<li>4\/1: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/tue-412003-memphis\/\">Memphis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4\/2: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/wed-422003-memphis-tunica\/\">Memphis to Tunica, Mississippi<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4\/3: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/thu-432003-tunica-new-orleans\/\">Tunica to New Orleans, Louisiana<\/a> (fear and loathing)<\/li>\n<li>4\/4: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/fri-442003-new-orleans\/\">New Orleans<\/a> (Gulf Coast and Mobile, Alabama)<\/li>\n<li>4\/5: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/sat-452003-new-orleans\/\">New Orleans<\/a><\/li>\n<li>4\/6: <a href=\"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/sun-462003-new-orleans-minneapolis\/\">New Orleans to Minneapolis<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jay, Heather, and I decided to see what the deal was with the deep south, anyway. We definitely learned. Here&#8217;s the the map for the entire route. Read from the beginning below, or jump to each day: 3\/28: Pre-trip in Minneapolis 3\/29: Minneapolis to Nashville, Tennessee 3\/30: Nashville 3\/31: Nashville to Memphis (Jack Daniels Distillery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"geo":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Z5R-2C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3,"url":"http:\/\/queenofsubtle.com\/rt\/deep-south-roadtrip\/fri-32803-pre-trip\/","url_meta":{"origin":162,"position":0},"title":"Deep South Pre-Trip","author":"Jenni","date":"04.15.2003","format":false,"excerpt":"This trip began unofficially Thursday night when Jay stepped off a plane from San Francisco. 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