{"id":19570,"date":"2022-12-18T04:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T10:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=19570"},"modified":"2022-12-18T12:05:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T18:05:20","slug":"travelling-the-50-states-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/travelling-the-50-states-mississippi\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling The 50 States \u2013 Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/usmap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18904\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/usmap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/usmap.jpg 526w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/usmap-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a>Over my 48 years, I\u2019ve done my fair share of travelling across these United States.\u00a0 I thought it would be an interesting experiment go look back at those trips to each of the 31 states I have visited (62% isn\u2019t bad, is it?) and see if, and when, I may be returning.\u00a0 Working in alphabetical order, we continue today with the 20th state to be added to the Union: Mississippi<\/p>\n<p><strong>State:<\/strong> Mississippi<br \/>\n<strong>Joined the Union:<\/strong> 1817<br \/>\n<strong>Visits:<\/strong> 1<\/p>\n<p>I made my lone visit to the Magnolia State in 2015 as part of an Elvis-themed road trip.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/birthplace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8304\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/birthplace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/birthplace.jpg 648w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/birthplace-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/birthplace-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a>During a road trip to see the sights related to the life of Elvis Presley, our group of intrepid travelers arrived in Tupelo, Mississippi on a Sunday night.\u00a0 The next morning started with a trip to the former Tupelo Hardware Store, a present-day Ace Hardware, where Elvis purchased his first guitar as an 11-year-old in 1946.\u00a0 From there, we headed to the two-room house where Elvis was born and lived until his family moved to Memphis in search of a better life in 1948.\u00a0 That site also contained the Assembly of God church, where the Presley clan worshipped while living in Tupelo.\u00a0 After that. we headed back north, away from Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p>Will I return?\u00a0 I don&#8217;t see any compelling reason for me to touch down in Mississippi a second time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over my 48 years, I\u2019ve done my fair share of travelling across these United States.\u00a0 I thought it would be an interesting experiment go look back at those trips to each of the 31 states I have visited (62% isn\u2019t bad, is it?) and see if, and when, I may be returning.\u00a0 Working in alphabetical 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