Blue Bluff Recreation Area and the Bukka White Blues Festival

October 5

What luck!!  We came into a beautiful anchorage at MM 358.1 and anchored just past the wooden jetty in front of the recreation area.  Unfortunately I lost most of my pictures during the transfer from phone to computer, so I will share what is left.

We noticed a lot of activity on shore and found out the Bukka White Blues Festival was setting up for the weekend.  We spent a wonderful night in the cockpit under the stars with the blues playing.  The artists were excellent and we thoroughly enjoyed the weekend.  Bukka White was a renown Blues player and was a cousin to BB King.  He gave BB his first guitar and taught him to play the blues. 

  

We went into Aberdeen, MS the next day which was about a 2 mile walk and had a birthday breakfast for Bruce.  Happy Birthday my love!  We ate at the Java Café and met some friendly people, Carol and George, to chat with.  The breakfast was very good and I would recommend it.  

Happy Birthday to the Captain

While in town we met Tashanda White who happens to be the great granddaughter of Bukka White. We also walked by the antebellum Adam French plantation home, a private residence.  Are you looking for a beautifully restored plantation?  It’s for sale by Dwight Stevens owner of the Stevens Auction Company. 

We stayed another day to wait out tropical storm Nate, but it shifted before reaching us and the forecasted heavy downpour and high winds did not materialize.  We got a little rain in the morning and then it turned out to be a partly sunny day, so we spent the day swimming and getting ready to leave in the morning.

Rolling down the river to the next beautiful anchorage~~~~~~~~~→