Memphis to Dallas
One More Visit to Beale Street — Through Arkansas to Texas
Day 42 — leaving Memphis and heading southwest through Arkansas to Texas.
Ray wasn't done with Beale Street. Before leaving Memphis, he made one more visit to the 'Birthplace of the Blues' — the street where BB King, Elvis, and countless others had played.
Then southwest through Arkansas — Little Rock, Pine Bluff, Junction City — before crossing into Louisiana briefly and on to Shreveport.
Hard rain in Texas greeted Ray as he crossed the state line. Texas was State #6 of the trip — he'd been through it before, early on. This was a return visit.
Dallas was the destination — and tomorrow would bring Dealey Plaza, the Alamo, and Johnson Space Center.
Photos from the Day
The Day's Route
Beale Street — Memphis, TN
One more visit to Beale Street — the 'Birthplace of the Blues.' BB King's Blues Club, Elvis Presley's early haunts, and the W.C. Handy statue are all here. The street has been a center of African American music and culture since the early 1900s.
Little Rock, AR
Little Rock — the Arkansas state capital, on the Arkansas River. The William J. Clinton Presidential Library is here.
Pine Bluff & Junction City, AR
Through the pine forests of southern Arkansas — a landscape of timber country and small towns.
Shreveport, LA
Shreveport, Louisiana — a city on the Red River near the Texas border, known for its casinos and as the birthplace of the Louisiana Hayride, the country music radio show that launched the careers of Hank Williams and Elvis Presley.
Dallas, TX — Hard Rain
Dallas — the second-largest city in Texas, arriving in hard rain. Tomorrow: Dealey Plaza, the Alamo, and NASA.