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| One of the first things we noticed as we drove north was the abundance of signs like the above. Most were homemade but there were others professionally done. From what I can find on the internet, this part of Mississippi had 114 consecutive days of rain last spring causing unprecedented flooding. Pumps have been proposed but environmentalist have managed to delay the project. |
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| Part of US 61 goes through the Mississippi Delta. Carol said he wasn't sure he had ever been on a road so flat. |
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| We thought this was an unusual name for a town. We also passed a sign pointing to Sledge, Mississippi. Carol said Charlie Pride was born in Sledge. |
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| If you lived in Illinois, you would think that the white stuff by the road was leftover snow. In Mississippi this is cotton and it lines the roads. |
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| Although we didn't stop, we did see two blues museums. |
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| Cotton gin. |
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| We saw so many bales of cotton setting in fields along the highway. |
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| Cotton fields. |
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| We saw several semis transporting cotton bales. When you see the bales on the bed of a semi, you realize how big the bales are. |
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| When we drove by Tunica, we saw this sign. There must have been 6-8 casinos in Tunica. |
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| Heavy-duty tree trimming in the median. |
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| In 2016 , 350 miles of US 61 has been designated as a "Mississippi Mound Trail." There are 33 sites parallel to the Mississippi River. The mounds were built in 1000-1500 by Native Americans. |
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| We got into the West Memphis KOA around 1:30. We had a quick lunch and I decided to get my laundry done. That would be one less things on my "to do" list when we get home. Everyone else in the campground had the same idea because it took me three hours. I had to wait for washers and dryers and, of course, there was the usual number of machines that did not work. The good news is that I am done and ready to relax before our last day of driving. |
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