Awake: 6:35am Temp 59 sleep 6+55 fog….then sunny overnight @ Vicksburg, MS.
We leave the Ameristar RV Park in Vicksburg @ 11:45am; following I-20 to Jackson & then Pearl, MS & the Flying “J” Plaza. 141.8 gal of diesel @ $ 2.73 per gal; we appreciate these lower fuel prices. Then we bump along on I-55 to the Swinging Bridge RV Park in Byram, MS arriving @ 1:45pm. Our campsite had a heavy duty concrete pad for parking & the coach was automatically on the level. I should take a picture & send it to the ABC campground in Branson, MO.
Today’s Travel: 1+ 50 time 60 miles 10 gal used 5.8 mpg 32.6 avg speed.
Without extending our slides, we motor in the Suzuki back north to Jackson, MS & prepare to visit the State Capital. Our quick lunch of sourdough pretzels & ½ of a banana was made even more delicious by getting a phone call from my sister Mary Jo in Lodi, CA. However, as soon as I heard her voice, I suspected something was abnormal; she has some not-so-good news: their daughter Jen, just recently had been in a car accident. Mary Jo tells me that Jen is banged up a lot with bruises but feels there are no serious injuries, only her car; it’s totaled. I told M J we would keep Jen in our prayers & then we moved on to more pleasant topics.
Entering the Jackson State Capital building, we go through a security check & then look for Ernestine, the lady who gives the tours. Ernestine tells us: “you have to tour yourselves, I only tour groups of (10) or more.” I told her: “my wife is like (9) & I am # 10.” She laughed but stood her ground.
K & I started walking around aimlessly; looking @ things we didn’t understand or comprehend. Within (10) min, Ernestine came up to us saying: “I have to deliver this folder, would you like to come with me & I’ll tour you along the way?” A good (1.5) hrs later, we were quite happy that Ernestine changed her mind; she gave us a terrific tour; even going into rooms & places where only the employees travel.
After the State Capital tour, we did an auto grid pattern of downtown, which is alive & well & all business during the daylight hrs; when night falls, it’s like a blackout.
Without prior discussion, we both expressed that: a good Pizza & beer would be great now? Try as we might, we could not find a suitable Pizza hangout & finally gave in to the chain: Mazzio’s. It was “just ok.”
The movie: “The Bridges of Toko-RI” which we started last night…..will have to wait to be continued; it was accidentally erased from the DVR list.
Late evening DVR: “Come & Get It” with William Wyler, Edward Arnold, Joel McCrea, Frances Farmer, Walter Brennan, etc. Arnold plays a self-made empire-builder who fights his way to the top in Wisconsin lumber business, sacrificing the one love of his life. Farmer has best screen showcase of her career, in dual role, as a saloon entertainer & (yrs later) her own daughter; Brennan won his 1st Best Supporting Actor Oscar playing Arnold’s simple Swedish pal. 1936. We like what we saw in this movie.
Lights out: 12:43am
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