This has been an interesting week. After almost 6 inches of rain over the short course of three or so days, we were flooded here. This turned out to be the highest rate that the Fox River has ever seen on record. The river finally crested at 7.48 feet. That meant that the channels around [...]
Category: Blues
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August 25, 2012
Cincy Blues Fest 2012 Day 3: Up Close AND Personal
I slept in this morning again. I got up about 8:30 and started preparing for the day. Rich continued to sleep on though. Finally, he opened his eyes and started moving around. Time for a shower and then off to breakfast. That’s two days in a row that we’ve eaten breakfast late. We headed down [...]
August 25, 2012
Cincy Blues Fest 2012 Day 2: Up Close
Those days when you can sleep are so nice. For me, that meant sleeping in to 7:00. Sascha wasn’t there with a wet nose and the alarm wasn’t trying to tell me something. Now if the housekeeper doesn’t try to roust me out before I’m good and ready, it will be glorious. I think the [...]
August 25, 2012
Cincy Blues Fest 2012 Day 1 Welcome to O-HI-O!
The drive out of Chicago is always a nightmare. Traffic moves, but you just see one of every kind of possible disaster waiting to happen. And it takes so long! I think it was 2 hours to finally get out into the countryside and away from the cars and trucks.Then you have to follow I-65 [...]
January 27, 2012
Memphis Road Trip: At the Crossroads
One the road again. This time, we are down in the Delta visting Clarksdale. Legend has it, Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads to gain his skills with blues music and to be a guitar master. Those crossroads are in Clarksdale where Hwy 49 and Hwy 61 meet. The same [...]
January 26, 2012
Memphis Road Trip: I want to be a Peabody duck!
Last full day in Memphis. Rich says I’m leaving out a lot of details that he thinks I should include. I think it’s fine or it would be a novel. I don’t time for a novel! Rick is taking over my house! So I called Rick late last night since we had been out wondering [...]