Well, it WAS the13th

Little Rock Arkansas to Clinton Mississippi 355 miles


Day  whatever.....uh, 48?


The day started off badly, I suggested that we stay put, pull the covers over our heads and wait until tomorrow and start the day again.

Jim was upset that the KOA put us in a pull-through site (meaning that you can make the swing without having to back up to get out) that wouldn't allow us to actually pull through...even with the Jeep unhooked. We intentionaly didn't unhook the Jeep last night to make leaving one step easier this morning. So he unhooked the Jeep, which would have to be re-hooked a few minutes later when we pulled out.


It was already warm and muggy so the extra work wasn't putting him in a good mood (psst - that 'good' mood never showed up at all today) then he came in and kicked the dogs water bowl over. A few minutes later he asked me to hit the button to pull the living room slider and too late we realized that one of the kitchen drawers wasn't closed completely and it crushed the moulding on the slider. A minute later I kicked the dogs dry food all over the place. We almost forgot to put the TV antenna down (the cable didn't work worth a darn at this place) and finally, even with the Jeep unhooked he still couldn't make the swing out of the 'pull through'. And it wasn't even 9:00 yet!

Ouchie

Thankfully, the actual traveling went well today. It's hot and muggy, but that's okay, we like it better than cold. We made it on to I40 east and stayed on it until I55 near Memphis. Coming from Arkansas, there seems to be NO good way over the Mississippi

River. I cringe at the thought of the I40 bridge through Memphis, its old and so congested. Today was even worse on I55, and old metal bridge and twists, turns and narrow bumpy lanes. Not a pleasant few miles.

Back over the big, big river

Finally, the traffic thinned out a little past Elvis Presley Blvd and we started thinking about lunch. So tired of sandwiches, so we pulled into a plaza and had a Back Yard Burger. I think they had to go out to kill the cow...we were the only ones at the counter, slow.

Then back out to I55 south. This may just be the most boring stretch of north/south interstate east of the Mississippi. It's green though, so very green this time of year. One problem with that is that much of the green is KUDZU! Good grief, it's so bad in parts of this state. In the distance it resembles a giant green blanket covering everything. Did you know that years ago Burpee sold it in their catalogs as a 'erosion control plant'? I must admit it does stop erosion, at the same time killing everything it covers!



There are extremely few RV places in this part of central Mississippi. We realized that from last year when we tried to stay around Jackson. I called ahead and booked at the best place I could find, which takes us about 10 miles out of our way, and later realized that it was the place we ended up at last year. It's not bad, tight spaces on asphalt, but a nice place with great WIFI and cable. Many permanent residents, but quiet, feels safe and convenient to everything.

We ate mustgos (leftovers) and took a half hour ride up to Yazoo City. This is the town that the horrific tornado touched down in on April 24, this year. Earlier on I55 we drove past where the same tornado had crossed the interstate and were astonished at the width of the swathe it cut through a dense forest. Seeing Yazoo City was jaw dropping. This tornado was such an annomily for this part of the country. It was a mile and a half wide and traveled for 80 miles! The path we saw seemed to travel down a country road and took down just about every tree, huge oaks twisted and splintered, some uprooted like they were just pulled out of the ground as easily as a weed plucked out of a garden. I know

how loud a single large limb is when it snaps, but can't begin to imagine what the sound of hundreds of enormous, old growth trees would be like being splintered!

One of many destroyed homes in Yazoo City

It was just starting to get dark by the time we returned to our RV park. Jim started to watch Dances With Wolves and I had just gotten on line with the laptop to read a little and start the blog post, when....poof, the RV park had a power failure. That was an hour ago, and I am watching my battery drain.


And, unbelievably, a minute ago I thought I smelled 'something'. The dogs have NOT had one, even ONE little 'accident' this whole time on the trip. I started looking around, Molly was fast asleep, Brandy was under the table looking up at me and Rookie, was under the table and would NOT look at me. Can you guess who was guilty? But where WAS 'it'? Let's face it, this is a 30 foot box and the door to the bedroom was closed...I screamed when I found 'it'...THE STUPID DOG SHIT ON THE COUCH!The good news is that 'it was firm'.


Well, I guess it was fitting....the day started out kind of shitty and ended up really shitty!

Power still out... no A/C, no fans...

Tomorrow: South, and a better day!