This weekend was the annual RiverFest event in Vicksburg. It's a mix between a music festival, carnival, and flea market - a unique event for a unique town. The headliner this year was Rick Springfield, but there were a lot of blues and soul groups. We started the day with a few hours window-shopping at the booths and taking new photos of the river at the estimated peak level for this flood. These pictures were taken at the same "parking lot" next to the Horizon Casino (where we posted pictures from about a week ago). The wooden planks have been added (with tar in between) to hold the Yazoo River behind the flood wall. The water level is just below the 51.6ft flood mark from 1973. And although you can still see that "No Parking" sign, it's not like it was last week!
That evening we went over to Sandy's apartment (always the gracious hostess) to celebrate with our coworkers. We overlooked the goings-ons from her balcony, listened to the music from the south stage (a stones throw away), and eventually ventured out into the crowd. We didn't take many photos, but here are a couple of Jon riding The Bull and some of the group looking on as another party-goer gives it a shot.
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