The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop

← The Deep SouthMuscle Shoals

Day273

Day 273 — The Muscle Shoals Sound — Muscle Shoals

Full day4h 30m planned

249The First Mardi Gras 250West to New Orleans 251The French Quarter 252The Garden District 253The WWII Museum 254The Birthplace of Jazz 255Free Day 256Carnival & the River 257Up to Baton Rouge 258Two Capitols 259River Road 260West to Cajun Country 261Acadiana 262North into Mississippi 263Antebellum Natchez 264Up to Vicksburg 265The Siege 266East to Jackson 267Capital & Civil Rights 268Into the Delta 269Birthplace of the Blues 270East to Tupelo 271The King's Birthplace 272Into Alabama 273The Muscle Shoals Sound 274East to Huntsville 275Rocket City 276South to Birmingham 277The Civil Rights District 278South to the capital 279Montgomery 280Selma 281Northeast to Chattanooga 282Lookout Mountain 283East to the Smokies 284Newfound Gap & Clingmans Dome 285Cades Cove 286Free Day 287North to Kentucky 288Horse Country 289Frankfort & Bourbon 290West to Louisville 291The Derby & the Slugger 292Bourbon & Ali 293South to Mammoth Cave 294Into the Earth 295Short hop to Bowling Green 296Corvettes & a Cave 297South to Nashville 298The Home of Country 299Broadway & the Capitol 300The Parthenon 301Free Day 302West to Memphis 303Graceland 304Beale, Sun & Stax 305The Civil Rights Museum 306West into Arkansas 307Central High & the Capitol 308The Clinton Library 309West to Hot Springs 310Bathhouse Row 311North to Eureka Springs 312The Victorian Ozarks 313West to Bentonville 314Crystal Bridges 315Into Oklahoma

Where the hits were recorded.

10:00 AM – 1:00 PM· 3h
FAME Studios & Muscle Shoals SoundConcerts & VenuesAnchor
Tour the studios where the Swampers backed Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, and the Rolling Stones.
603 E Avalon Ave, Muscle Shoals, AL
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM· 1h 30m
W.C. Handy BirthplaceMuseums & History
The log-cabin birthplace of the 'Father of the Blues.'
620 W College St, Florence, AL