This week’s podcast is recorded in the bathroom of the Marriott Courtyard in East Memphis. I talk about the autumn tree colors coming visible from airports up North and worry about catching avian flu while breathing the same air as 150 other travelers. I talk a bit about some changes in Memphis since my high school days and talk about how it remains a Southern city. Here’s a direct link to the podcast file.

Here are the show notes from TravelCommons podcast #19:

• Intro music — Warmth by Makkina
• Recorded in the bathroom of the Marriott Courtyard in Memphis, TN
• Jinxed myself by declaring “End of the TSA Carnival” in last week’s podcast
• Listener explanation on why they voted for Midwest Airlines in the Favorite Airline poll
• Bridge music — When the Leaves Come Falling Down by Van Morrison
• Autumn is a great time of the year to fly in and out of airports like Chicago-O’Hare, Detroit and White Plains, NY, all of which have approaches that go over wooded areas
• Interesting comparison of the thread colors in US and Italian sewing kits
• Bridge Music — I’m Like a Bird by Nelly Furtado
• The bad cold I caught on my ORD-SFO flight (mentioned in podcast #15) has me worrying about catching bird flu
• Bridge Music — Memphis in the Meantime by John Hiatt
• Spent time hitting the big non-Elvis tourist spots in Memphis — eating dry-rub ribs at the Rendezvous and walked down an amazingly renovated Beale Street.
• A story about friendly Memphians at the end of a long night
• Closing music — Ramblin’ Man by the Allman Brothers Band
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• Direct link to the show