This week, we spent two days in New Orleans before driving to Baton Rogue for the afternoon. From Baton Rogue, we took Highway 61 (also known as the Blues Highway) north along the Mississippi river. We stopped for a night in Natchez, MS and spent the following night in Clarksdale, MS where we caught some great live music at Ground Zero Blues Club.

In Memphis, we visited Graceland and rearranged my route and repacked my car from a coffee shop in Cooper-Young. We then drove back to Louisiana, stopping in Lafayette before taking the scenic route through the Bayou. From the Bayou we will head into Texas to visit Houston and Austin and be on our way West.