I Love I-55

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I-55 is home to me, much like I-10. It connects Chicago to New Orleans, and after leaving I-57 in Missouri, it’s a straight shot into the Southern states.

I awoke on my couch in Chicago at 4:00 last Thursday morning. I haven’t visited my people in South Louisiana since June, when I hightailed it to California. Whenever I’m away from Louisiana for too long, the state that adopted me during my years at LSU, the marbles upstairs rattle and…