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Thursday, October 20, 2022

South! To West Memphis, Arkansas





It's a short drive to the next
bridge.

Truss Bridges are popular.







reflection of my hand







Returning to Illinois



We are back on The Great





Eric planned a stop in Cairo.




The Historic District






He found some Victorian Homes while planning this section of our drive on Google Maps.







Riverlore, built in 1865, is a







The City bought it in 1999 to preserve it and open it to the public. 






Magnolia Manor, built in 1868,






This nearby home was built in

I spoke with the owner, who
is renovating it.



built in 1872.

Tariffs on imported goods
were collected here.






Strategically located at the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, Cairo was a vital Steamboat stop and railroad junction.  Upgrades in transportation diminished the City's importance however, it maintains an active port for shipping goods by water.











The First Presbyterian Church
was built in 1874.





A few miles south of Cairo is




Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
at the confluence of the Mississippi 
& Ohio Rivers on  November 14, 1803.











During their time here, in modern-day Cairo, Lewis and Clark learned how to determine latitude and longitude.






Historic Survey Marker

The beginning of the Third
Meridian is located north
of here.

Eric and I walked to the southernmost part of Illinois, where the Rivers meet.






The disturbance in the water,
to the left of the barge, is 
where the Mississippi River
& the Ohio Rivers merge.







A panoramic shot 






Another bridge




The Ohio River

I know you expected the
Mississippi - this is our route.









Welcome to Kentucky
Unbridled Spirit

Andy Beshear, Governor










Water Tower




Tennessee Welcomes You

Bug splatters did not help
this photo.





Fall's changing leaves





Another bridge...





... crosses the Mississippi River.





Eric & I return to Missouri.





Fields of Cotton







A truck transporting giant
bales of Cotton.








Eric found the Highway 61 Arch between Steele, Missouri, and Blytheville, Arkansas,  while he was planning this part of our trip.  The Mississippi County, Arkansas Improvement District built it in 1924.







First Eric drove under the
arc into Arkansas.

He turned the motorhome around and...







... drove into Missouri.





One more U-turn & we
enter...




....Arkansas.

It's the Nature State.









The colorful "I am in Mi Pueblo"
letters caught my eye.

is in Oseola.







There's cotton as far as
the eye can see.









Eric drives to Dyess Colony ...







... to visit Johnny Cash's 
boyhood home.




Bassett's Water Tower


















Eric drove our motorhome
between these pillars &
parked it so I can take pictures.






This land, near Bassett, was a





The pillars & this road are all
that remains of the POW Camp.










We continue south on




Water Tower














The West Memphis Walmart allows overnight parking, with height restrictions.



The height clearance bars at the
entrances to the parking lot are
about 12 feet six inches feet tall.

Our motorhome is 12 feet
4 & a half inches tall.







Tractor Trailers (13 feet 6 inches tall) cannot drive beneath the height restriction bars and park elsewhere in West Memphis.

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