Mississippi

Pros: lots to do--if you love gambling
Cons: none--if you love gambling

Las Vegas, Atlantic City, etc. are well-known as American Meccas for those seeking a game of chance. Tunica Mississippi (technically Robinsonville, MS) is fast becoming part of that list of gambling destinations. Tunica is about 30 minutes away from...

Pros: A great resort to get away from it all for a few days or week!
Cons: Mosquitoes and the heat in the summer!

Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi is not just a casino! It is a small resort hosting the casino, a hotel, a golf course and a campground! What more could you ask for when looking for a place to get away from it all for a few days??...

Pros: Charming, gracious old southern town, classic town square, handsome houses
Cons: Restaurants are limited, but improvements have been made in this area.

I lived in Woodville, Mississippi for a number of years. My father was the rector at St. Paul's Episcopal Church from 1973-1990. It took me a little time to appreciate the many charms of the town. I was young and foolish and the town was considerably ...

Pros: Faulkner
Cons: The ghost of Faulkner

Here's the deal, KMHINMAN, expert writer of epinions: I'll write an epinion about Oxford, Mississippi that will tell the readers, and I mean REALLY tell them, about Oxford, and if you enjoy the read, too, you'll go down to Square Books and buy me an...

Pros: Birthplace of the blues and it's still a celebrated place today
Cons: It's too far from where I live to go there as much as I'd like

Imagine cotton fields spreading to the horizon, row after row of low-growing cotton plants ready to yield the fruit to any strong hand able to pluck the soft boll from the sharp grasp of the hull. Already the morning sun is winning and the sore back of...

Pros: Not too hard to find, A nice side trip if you are close enough, a piece of history about Elvis, might meet some interesting people
Cons: Too short of a tour, but, a very small house, Museum is more like a 5 & 10 store.

Since our youngest son returned from teaching tennis in Japan, he has made the western USA his home. First, it was Ft. Worth, Texas and now, Denver, Colorado.

My son Bryan is a professional tennis instructor. He has taught tennis...

Pros: Historic roots of the blues here, small town charms
Cons: Small town woes--2 listed restaurants closed and out of business, museum needs time and money to get more exhibits

You’ve probably heard about the Blues Highway -- highway 61. You certainly have if you are into the blues, or perhaps you wondered what Bob Dylan was singing about on his Highway 61 Re-visited album, or you saw the Ralph Macchio movie...

Pros: Loose slots, good security,
Cons: None

Last year my husband and I were trying to decide where to go for our anniversary. We live in Northeast Mississippi and we were looking for somewhere close to go because it was going to be a short trip. We have heard a lot of our friends talk about...

Pros: low stress travel, traffic generally light, generally inexpensive
Cons: most of the most interesting sites are far from major highways.

(NOTE: This post is based on an email to a chat room friend of mine from the Gulf Coast. The excerpts from my e-mail are in 'triple-double' quotes.)


From June 2001 to July 2002, I lived in the Jackson suburb of Ridgeland after...

Pros: close and has the "atmosphere"
Cons: nothing in site other than the casinos

Most of us love to gamble and take risks. I am no exception to the rule. I was raised in a family that loved to gable and have fun. I was 7, when I first traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada. My family started taking me to the horse races when I was a young...

Pros: cheap price for a lot of fun!
Cons: it was cold in December

Review Topic:  Sights & Attractions

Review Topic:  Sights & AttractionsSssh! Come closer. Let me tell you about a secret gamblers paradise. I am going to tell you about a place we discovered that has lots of...

Pros: nice scenery
Cons: too much money for what you see

We were driving from Vicksburg to Jackson on I-20 one fine spring day, when we passed an exit for the Mississippi Petrified Forest. We'd read about it before, so we decided to take a little detour and look at it. Located in the hamlet of Flora, the...

Pros: loose slots, friendly dealers, good food
Cons: Don't go for landscape beauty. Tunica's pretty barren

On a quiet little stretch of desolate land in northern Mississippi, a project of the last several years is putting a town called Tunica on the map. Though the scenery is pretty nondescript(though swampy here and there) Tunica is developing into a...

Pros: Beauty, history, and grace
Cons: A sad, sad, time in American history

This opinion is not about specifically travel, but I couldn't find anywhere else to put it. Please be kind

In reference to a comment that was made, I thought I would say one reason why I thought this would have something to do with...

Pros: Everything under one roof.
Cons: none

Sam's Town Hotel and Casino is the place that we have chosen to stay on all three of our weekend getaways to Tunica, Mississippi. Located on Casino Strip Blvd. on Highway 304, not only is it very easily found, but you have free 24 hour shuttle access...