I've always wanted to go visit Mississippi's Delta but for whatever reason, never got around to it. Since, this trip, back home, I've decided to see as many friends, and visit as many places as I can. You just never know when your next chance will be.
Total driving time was about 2 and a half hours. Of course, it took us a bit longer with all the stops on the way. I had already, pretty much, planned out what sort of things I wanted to get photos of before we left. A nice cotton feild was number one on my list, but unfortunately, they had already been harvested. Boo! There were a few peices of cotton still on their stalks but it had rained the night before the trip and all the cotton was "snotted". This term I got from my mother who claims that's what it's called when the cotton gets wet. It's for obvious reasons.
For the record, while taking this photo an 18 wheeler honked his horn and scared the daylights out of me!!
There were a TON of old cotton gins and tiny little churches the whole way.
Number two objective in this trip, go to lunch at Morgan Freeman's restaurant in Clarksdale called Ground Zero. It, almost, seemed like it was in the middle of nowhere and I'm not sure you could have told it was even a place you could stop and eat giving the surroundings. Clarksdale is one of the poorest cities I have ever been to. I don't think there was a building around that wasn't falling apart.
“You are now at a crossroads. This is your opportunity to make the most important decision you will ever make. Forget your past. Who are you now? Who have you decided you really are now? Don't think about who you have been. Who are you now? Who have you decided to become? Make this decision consciously. Make it carefully. Make it powerfully.”
~Anthony Robbins~
I suppose it's good to be home.
Next photo adventure on my list...New Orleans. :)
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