{"id":7259,"date":"2016-07-03T09:44:41","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/?p=7259"},"modified":"2016-07-03T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2016-07-03T15:53:13","slug":"two-days-in-the-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theogeo.com\/blog\/travel\/two-days-in-the-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Two days in the Delta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theogeo\/27888595052\/in\/album-72157667664553553\/\" title=\"_MG_6935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/8\/7405\/27888595052_96cdba66af_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" alt=\"_MG_6935\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>For Richard&#8217;s birthday, I thought it might be fun to drive down to Clarksdale to visit the famed Crossroads and visit the local museums and haunts known for their connection to blues history. <\/p>\n<p>The trip did not disappoint. Even though we went during the week and live music offerings were limited, in part because lots of places have limited operating hours early in the week, we still got to see and hear some good stuff, and just bask in the muggy glory of the birthplace of the blues.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theogeo\/27888401782\/in\/album-72157667664553553\/\" title=\"_MG_6907\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7446\/27888401782_8a1edb09ed_n.jpg\" width=\"260\" alt=\"_MG_6907\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/theogeo\/27377365404\/in\/album-72157667664553553\/\" title=\"_MG_6909\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/8\/7350\/27377365404_f982d55e2d_n.jpg\" width=\"260\" alt=\"_MG_6909\"><\/a><script async 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