Northbound

We've been hugging the coastline for a while now, but today we turned inland and headed north towards Jackson, MS, on I-55. Jackson was a bit farther than we wanted to drive in a day, so we searched for a stopping point and found such a good one that we decided to spend three nights.

We’re at Lake Lincoln State Park, just outside Brookhaven, MS. According to a brochure at the Mississippi Welcome Center, that town bills itself a “haven for retirees.” We stopped to pick up some groceries, planning to settle down and catch up on our planning and chores—and our sleep. We’ve been on the go the last few weeks, and we’re ready for some quieter times.

Our site is just about perfect for us. It’s a long and level pull through, has a view of the southern sky, and is on a little projection so the lake is on three sides. Of the twenty or so sites on our loop, only three are occupied, so we have plenty of space. The campsites are mostly open, but the loop is surrounded by trees.

The one fly in our ointment—or more literally bug problem we faced on arrival was a large collection of love bugs to clean off the end cap and the truck. Darn pesky critters require a lot of elbow grease, even though we’ve been careful to remove them as soon as possible after they glue themselves to our vehicles.

There’s a price to pay for the seclusion and beauty of our surroundings: the Verizon signal is spotty and weak.