hi guys go morning from the Great River Road a new state is upon us guys that's
right we're getting down south now if we have hit the Mississippi State Line here
on the Great River Road Mississippi River just on the other side here of 61
and we'll be hanging out along the river today looking for some fun stuff to do
waiting for that Sun to come out - oh it's a good feeling
birthplace of America's music okay here we go
had to shed a layered look out world nomadic fanatic is chasing war weather
again yes here we are at the Mississippi Welcome Center in Tunica Mississippi
gateway to the Blues look look at that old building I love it with the train
track in front interesting it says highway 61 blues 61 known as blues
highway rivals route 66 is the most famous road in American music lore of
course this stretch of 61 or blues highway is also sharing the Great River
Road there's signs everywhere we can't get any closer to the river right this
second not quite sure how much of the Great River Road I will stay on the
Mississippi half but I did get my new magnet to add to my collection
and welcome to Clarksdale Mississippi speaking of the Blues highway that we're
also traveling on we are now here at what is called Devils corner or Devil's
crossings either three guitars up there well this is supposedly where blues
legend Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil to be able to play the blues
guitar hence that's why they have this little street corner right here with the
guitars up there I don't know if this is the exact spot but this is where we are
celebrating it
still in Clarksdale Mississippi here this one goes out to all of my nan RV
travelers if you're getting the car for a weekend getaway here you can rent a
shanty a Shack this is called shack up in here and the lot just has a bunch of
these shacks with air conditioning of course because it's you know Mississippi
high humidity and stuff but it really has that interesting redneck cool cool
feel you know they've all got different names like this one is the dog trot
isn't that cool it just looks like a Mississippi little cabin shack that you
would find right on the river see if one of these is unoccupied and we can peek
in well this one's being fixed up or something it's got the screen so you
don't get those Mississippi mosquitos in little hanging rocking chair there I
will definitely say quirky as anybody ever stayed here and in a shack little
bottle tree here huh this one's all screened-in on the porch out here and of
course we're at the corner of North shacks Tale circle look at that one over
there cozy right trying to think if I know any youtubers who travel in a car
and stay at hotels like quirky hotels I don't know maybe there's an untapped
market available guys maybe you could start up a channel called the motel show
and tell okay somebody's definitely gonna steal that idea dang it I shoulda
said it then across the street from the shack up in this is how you get to the
office there's the Tutwiler fire truck Wow the property here is awesome this is
just their dead time of year there's the lobby to check in no that's not a wind
generator guys dad's a windmill it's milling wind yeah
a really old Harvester there I think that's what that is oh and look at this
ancient John Deere tractor made of wood yeah I don't think so
and if you don't want to rent a whole Shack it looks like this is a motel cuz
all the doors are numbered it says Ben 5 but I'm pretty sure these
are all rooms and what's this I kind of want to go in here ooh a stairwell up
the silo to what I don't know but we're gonna find out oh I think it's another
room the top sorry didn't know it's my first day
what a gorgeous area I just pulled off this little roadside park in Leland
Mississippi still shorts and t-shirt weather and the deer creek down here I'm
gonna take a little stroll over here I thought I'd saw something I mean look
how pretty this area is man what the heck did you know that Leland
Mississippi is the home of Kermit the Frog okay let's go check it out well
first of all they have kitties here at the museum
this is Elmo he's made up home here mm-hmm apparently there's two other
kitties around here too hello funny boy you can't go inside
oh okay I understand very friendly staff here at the Museum and gift store gonna
go back in there was just getting a little bit of history so Jim Henson
creator of the Muppets and hence Kermit the Frog my favorite Jim Henson
characters Muppet I grew up on the Deer Creek here not technically from Leland
or Greenville but kind of in-between I guess but this is the place where we say
he's basically from the area so in the tree trunks in the water that is so
unique to the south you don't see that in too many other areas I love it it's
pretty there's a picture of Jim Henson there with Kermit
we got Dark Crystal there and labyrinth both Jim Henson movies I looked at all
this Kermit stuff own is really cool slippers got Kermit in here playing the
old banjo like he does in the movie
the Rainbow Connection so they call this the Rainbow Connection
tree here with all the Sesame Street character ornaments everywhere how cool
is that so these three characters right here I had these two growing up these
are all old McDonald's toys actually they have the McDonald's logo on them we
have some for sale here 50 bucks I didn't have this one but he matches with
with the group there that's cool all right how about that magnet birthplace
up the Frog we'll put it right there next to the other fish cuz he fits right
in kind of all right Wow Jackson will go sniff outside come on
okay we got a lurker come in here comes Elmo I almost like take me with you
take me with you Jax we may have a stowaway he's coming your way are you
scared okay I'll keep an eye LMO you're
hilarious you can't go buddy you got to stay here
um can I help you yeah need get going there that's where Jax lives Jax you be
good Jax Oh what
what is it Omo is that how you talk to Jax do you have anything to say Jax no
Jax is cool Elmo's not cool this is normal kitty it's a normal kitty me
singing a song to Jax you like that song Jax this probably
isn't gonna end well so I think I'm gonna close the door hi Elmo oh you
don't wanna cuddle okay oh my okay see you next time
okay now I'm officially in Greenville Mississippi I don't know about this it's
3 p.m. on a Monday but this Welcome Center does not look very welcoming at
all there's no cars anywhere and it looks it looks straight up abandoned to
me but get a load of the Welcome Center they built it as a riverboat the actual
building it's pretty neat I mean it's actually floating on water their own
little Pond Lake that's promising in ours open daily 8 to 5 so it's
definitely ok they lied it's not July or August so it's automatically closed you
know what that means I can probably probably get away with overnight parking
over there in the lot overnight I mean if no one's here yeah I bet yeah
should have no problem here overnight but there is a Walmart in town in the
town of Greenville so that'll be my backup plan but this would be a good
place to get dinner whipped up in the oven and start editing some video and
plan what we want to do for tomorrow so from Jax and I we will see you on
Wednesday guys have a good day
you