Just Watching it Rain

 Location: Blue Bluff Corps of Engineers Campground; Aberdeen, Mississippi (about 30 minutes south of Tupelo)

It's another great COE campground. This time on the banks of Aberdeen Lake which is part of the Tombigbee Waterway. The lock and dam are just a short distance away but there isn't any good vantage point for viewing them. This happens a lot more than it should. Large infrastructure projects like locks/dams and bridges should be shown off by the Federal or State governments. I don't want to hear about 9/11 being the reason because I've been to dozens and dozens of structures built before 9/11 and you can't get a good look at them. I know 9/11 made some changes but they weren't "open for business" before that. I know I've had to be careful in some places that I've visited where I would be taking pictures of a nice-looking, interesting bridge and get sideways looks from people in the area. If I hung around, I'm pretty sure the police would have shown up asking questions. I'll quit griping about that now. 

Anyway, this is a nice campground that I've just used to kicked back and relax. It's been raining on and off so exploration, even if there was some to explore around here, wouldn't have happened. The camp host told me they were full over the Easter weekend but are only about 10% this week. I didn't hook up Starlink because I would have had to use my tripod to get to a point where it could find the satellites and since my Verizon signal is strong, my hotspot is doing all the work. I have gotten lucky and had two average sunsets even with all the clouds. I don't really consider them actual sunsets, but they will do the job when you're starving for one.

This isn't a highway picture and definitely doesn't represent northeast Mississippi, but I liked it and hope she likes it for her travel picture. It is the road leading into the campground.

 

I got an excellent campsite right on the banks of the lake. I have a great view out my back window. This has definitely been a good vibe campground.

My view out the door of Liberty as sunset nears.

It's not the best sunset but it's the best I've had in a long time. I needed.

I have also used this down time to complete my campground reservations to get back to Louisiana on July 1st. That's a big relief and a big monkey removed from my back. Now I just have to check email often enough for any campground closures due to flooding, staff shortage, etc. I've already had to do that once on this trip when I campground in Kentucky had to close due to flooding. I was lucky to find a replacement on the same lake. 

This blog post has been a little boring but tomorrow is moving day and I'll be entering another state. Tennessee is next up on the list.

Ya'll take care of each other. Maybe I'll Cya down the road.