Into Mississippi

Yesterday we departed Beaver Dam Campground at Caney Lakes in northern Louisiana.  We were there nine days and it wasn’t long enough!  We went back out the way we had come in, on the narrow road with two train tracks to cross and lots of wisteria growing on all the trees.  

There is Wisteria everywhere right now and it is so beautiful.

 It took about 15 or 20 minutes to get to Interstate 20 and head east.  It was a non-eventful trip except for crossing the Mississippi River.  (While listening to Paul Simon sing about the Mississippi Delta)  It is not like I had never done it before but I always get a thrill from it.  It is such a majestic river. We stopped just inside Mississippi at the visitor’ center and walked Jake and enjoyed the view of the river.  

Going over the Mississippi River.

The Muddy Mississippi

We left I-20 and headed south on HWY 49 to Hattiesburg.  We had been through Hattiesburg last year after leaving Meridian, MS.  As it turns out, our GPS did not like the address of Paul B. Johnson State Park so Kirby gave me on of a street near there that we could use.  Well, we took that road, scared me to death that it was wrong because it was very narrow with just some nice houses on it.  We came to an intersection and decided to turn left hoping it would work.  It did!!  It took us in the back gate to the park.  No one was minding the store so we just went on to our already booked site.  And what a beautiful site it is – and SMALL!  We barely fit but somehow Kirby got us in here in the first try.  He is an awesome driver!  We have a fantastic view of the lake and a large yard.  And – best of all – we have sewer!  It was a stretch to reach it because it is located way at the back of our site but Kirby got our stinky slinky to fit and I am going to go get a really long, hot shower now!

Here we are getting set up on this tiny site we have.  Our back end hangs out over the parking pad.

But the view makes it all worth it.

Jake is happy with some freshly mowed grass to lay on.