So, somehow today we ended up in Mississippi! This was a planned stop but I'm not quite sure how this ended up being on the way home to Maine.
First let me back track to the morning. We had an amazing cooked breakfast of Blueberry pancakes, bacon and eggs at the Hootie Creek House. Then we set off for the Talimena Scenic Byway. This is a national parkway (and the reason we came to Talihena) and runs into Arkansas. We were the only ones up and out so early and we saw one other bike and one car on the whole route. Just stunning views from the various overlooks and a fun twisty road ascending and descending the hills.
After ending up in Mena, at the other end of the Parkway, we continued across Arkansas. Eventually we crossed the Mississippi River, remarking to each other how long it seemed since we had crossed it East to West. No photos this time though as we missed the turn off for the overlook! Then we headed South into the Mississippi Delta. I was delighted and amazed to see cotton fields all around and had to stop and look.
As mentioned before this route is obviously not getting us any closer to home. So, to explain - when we were planning our routes, Tom happened to notice that Clarksdale, MS was within a 500 mile radius of a possible route home. Therefore we made the detour to this town, the birthplace of the Blues. We were staying in The Clark House, a grand old mansion built by the man whom the town was named after.
We dropped off our bags, showered and changed and headed out to hear some true Mississippi Blues!
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