I mentioned the other day that five team members from work were coming to Mississippi for the weekend. Chris arrived this morning about 11:00. Soon after arriving we found out his luggage never left Detroit. Hopefully it will arrive when we go to pickup the other guys at 8:30 tonight.
After getting in we headed to "The Front Porch" to eat a nice Southern buffet for lunch complete with fried okra (which Chris had never tried), brisket, turnip greens, purple hull peas, gumbo, cornbread, yeast rolls, mash potatoes and gravy and much more. I think Chris ate his own weight in brisket and couldn't stop laughing when the guy that served him was so nice. Or maybe it was his accent.
After that we went to the house and I gave him the tour of the Elder Estate. He took a ride on the John Deere in the back yard and was disappointed at its speed. As I pointed out the JD is made for hauling and is geared low. So far so good and no one is in jail yet.
For those that want to follow along I'll be uploading all the pictures to Flickr to the Mississippi Retreat 2007 set.
posted @ Friday, November 16, 2007 2:13 PM