Mississippi

I’ve encountered several middle fingers out driver’s side windows, a couple of those black diesel exhaust dumps, and tractor trailer disturbed long honk travelling the rest of Alabama, but no overtly violent hostility.

In fact, the positive honks, waves, peace symbols and thumbs up seem to outnumber the negative probably about 3 to 1 – at least from what I notice.

I’ve decided to spend the night at the Mississippi Welcome Center and then tomorrow, I’ll go to the De Soto National Forest for a couple reasons: first the sun hasn’t been strong enough to keep my solar working properly and I’m concerned my food might spoil. My backup plan would be to buy ice for the refrigerator, but I really don’t want to spend money doing that.

Secondly, I need to be in nature for respite and re-invigorating my self. The campground I find is small, has full hookups so I can recharge my batteries, and it’s cheap at $13/night. The only issue could be space, as it is first come, first serve.

I decide to park close to the bathrooms and on the car side so I don’t have to deal with any of the truckers. The night is very quiet and peaceful. Before retiring, I walk around the grounds so I put in 3 miles for the day – a walk I really need after driving so far.