“Old black water, keep on rollin’, Mississippi moon won’t you keep on shinin’ on me” – Patrick Simmons

It’s hot here. Bloody hot! A whole lot warmer than the frosts we left behind only a week ago. The next few days will find temperatures approaching 100 in the old. The nights are beautiful, but remain warm, dropping only to around 80.

The roadtrip itself has seen us slip a few hours behind any schedule that we may once have had. Natchez deserved more attention than we could give it. Vicksburg would need a couple of days minimum. While the casino experience was great to try, it wasn’t for us, though the food was better than what I had expected. Again, the southern folk were extremely friendly. We spent the early hours yesterday touring the Vicksburg National Military Park. What an interesting piece of American history – that will require more reading when I get home.

Then we headed further north to hit Clarksdale, the spiritual home of the delta blues.. Lots of music history here for the boys to delve into, well, Gary and I anyway.  Had the obligatory photo taken at the Crossroads (which if I am not mistaken has moved? More research to be done if and when I can find the time). We found ourselves at the Pink Bar for a refreshing beverage having been in our luxury people mover all day. Last night saw us at a pizza place with a great duo playing, then onto Reds where I got involved in a bit of guitar pickin’ with the lead man. Seated within touching distance of the band you couldn’t help but get involved. Then onto the other quintessential blues bar,Ground Zero, owned by Morgan Freeman. Great bands – top night. Another adventure crossed off the bucket list.

And yes, there should be piccies coming once our initial road trip concludes and we set up for  few days in Memphis.