rudkipon66 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) On October 11, Quinn and I made our annual trek to the King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena, AR. Traveling there requires an intimate connection with US highways 61 and 49, particularly US 61, which will--aside from a few miles here and there, take you through the Delta in Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi. It is 4 lane in Mississippi but you can still take the vast amount of the original alignment all the way to Clarksdale. Here is a link to THIS years trek...push the link (or copy and paste onto your browser), then click on "pictures and videos" then clik on the blues festival batch. A great reason for a blues highway column if there ever was one! http://rudkipon66.shutterfly.com Enjoy! SGF, Kip Edited November 20, 2013 by rudkipon66 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mga707 Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Very nice--I've driven 61 down from Memphis to Clarksdale (to visit the Delta Blues Museum and Morgan Freeman's restaurant/juke joint across the street) but stayed on the 4-lane alignment. Also did go off on 49 just to cross the Mississippi on the bridge, but did not go into Helena/West Helena proper. Such an obviously poor area but I never met such uniformly friendly people anywhere in the USA. Enjoyed your pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudkipon66 Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Thanks! Next time make the cruise into Helena and go to the Delta Cultural Center...great place to learn a lot about the area. SGF, Kip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Show on the Road! Posted November 22, 2013 Report Share Posted November 22, 2013 Kip, That was one fine work up of the whole trip! Kudos! I enjoyed the Kodak moments, and just about every slide and description. It held my interest throughout....no small achievement! Even though I don't know Blues, i can certainly see and almost feel the attraction. I even tried the radio site. Nice work!! Highly recommended to everyone! Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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