The Place
Our habit has been at 3:00 each afternoon to project where
we think we will be at 5ish, and to call a campground near there to arrange for
a place to stay. This lack of planning
does not take into account that Mississippi schools are on Spring Break this
week and that the weather is finally warm again. We are trying to stay in publicly owned
campgrounds. I guess other folks have
figured out that they are desirable as well.
The state park in Jackson MS near the Trace was full (surprise,
surprise), so they directed us to Roosevelt State Park about an hour off the
Trace. They have over 100 RV campsites,
and 6 were still available.
The Adventure
Roosevelt State Park has camping, cabins, a motel, a lake, a
forest, nature trails, and very narrow roads.
Let me rephrase that, very, very narrow roads. The section with the 6 available sites is
obviously older and was probably built when “campers” were housed on pick-up
trucks and John Steinbeck and Charlie were driving them. The one-way loop was just barely wide enough
for our motor home. Certainly not wide
enough for our motor home and the Ford F-150 coming toward us (yes it was
supposed to be a one-way road). Since
the Ford had towed a trailer into this place, the driver was courteous as we
negotiated a wider spot in the road to pass each other. As were the drivers of the cars that came up
behind us and wanted to get back to their campsites.
All said, the park is lovely. It surrounds Shadow Lake in the Bienville
Forest. To be honest, it looks more like
what I would expect in the Adirondacks in New York than what we’ve seen so far
in Mississippi. Tall hardwood and pine
trees. Rugged ravines and slopes down to
the lake shore. Heavy carpet of fallen
leaves underfoot. Well worth the
adventure.
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