Before leaving Memphis, we drove along the front of Graceland. Ignoring the huge Elvis centre’s tourist offer complex, we managed to take some quick snaps listening to his classics in the car as we passed – felt appropriate & authentic. Stopped off at an enlightening museum about Gateway To The Blues in Tunica.
We have a motel for the one Clarksdale night & it is just as you’d imagine. But run by an Indian couple. Spent an afternoon in another Blues exhibition, then the rest of the day/night in Ground Zero Blues Club, complete with pool tables, great bar, same fried food (nowhere’s perfect) & a proper blues band. One of the club’s co-owners is Morgan Freeman, whose son was playing as tonight’s support band & dad came to watch tonight.
Oh, forgot to mention THE CROSSROADS.
Main holiday mission: tick
Chris & Kath's Travel Time 