Centering an exploration of Clarksdale MI around the development of Blues music has been all consuming today. We started out at a plantation which was appropriate enough The cotton gin was in evidence but the grandeur of a plantation home was long gone. The quest for the artistic photo became a bit of an obsession but time was still available to talk with the owners of the rather unusual accommodation at the Hopson Plantation. It's called the Shack Up Inn and we were fortunate enough to be given a personalized tour of a few of the shacks. Quaint, eclectic and individual- all the shacks have a theme and ephemera apparently gathered from all manner of sources including junk shops and a bit of street shopping thrown in.
Julia drove us in to the middle of Clarksdale parking the car in the main street and we set off on foot to snap our way towards Ground Zero- a Juke Joint established by Morgan Freeman. We arrived for lunch (it's the only time it's open on Mondays- we are really missing the Blues venues this end of the week) and continued on our photographic mission. Nothing was safe from our shutter speeds including the fried green tomatoes- an interesting movie title but not so fascinating menu item.
A short walk across the former railway station car park after our lunch to the Blues Museum. Music and history beautifully blended in displays about some of the Blues greats.
Onward through Clarksdale to Miss Del's store which was purported to sell the best coffee but I think her coffee "gene" had gone on the blink today and we had one of the weaker more ordinary coffees we have had. Julia even had to go to the corner store to get the milk.
Refreshed enough we snapped a few more street scenes and headed in the car in search of the river. We found the levee and the cotton fields. A few more snaps and home to the motel for a photographic download.
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