On a road trip that my husband Brian and I took down highway 61 in Mississippi I spotted many Lane cakes in diners hidden in the cotton fields and even in small town airport groceries.

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And the Delta needs all the economic help it can get - some of the towns along Highway 61 look like the good times never got good enough to allow you to notice a recession when it came along.

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From here, head south on the Blues Highway, otherwise known as Hwy 61.

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