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MS Trip Stats (6/09):

 

Counties visited: 38

Best county:  Adams Co.

Town visited most: Southhaven

Last visited: 10/2005

Places slept in: Pearl, Natchez (3x), Brookhaven, Biloxi

Most impressive town: Natchez

Least impressive town: Jackson

Biggest town: Jackson

Most scenic area: Gulf coast

Most scenic spot: the wind-swept forests of the Pascagoula River

 

Three words: forested, water, furious

 

Road Trips: Southland Trip (7/2004), Katrina Relief Trip (10/2005), Gulf Shores (1/2009), Winter Edge (12/2009)

 

Neighboring States: AR, TN, AL, LA

 

Future Plans: ?

 

Heroes: ?

 

First Contact: My first time in Mississippi was during a 2004 road trip to Memphis and Nashville. I crossed the border just to say I did it and stopped at a Walgreens half a block into the state near Southhaven to get some t-shirts to prove I was there. The area around here seemed to be quickly urbanizing. I wanted to see more and had plans to go as far as Tupelo, but had to begin heading north toward Nashville.

I got my first real look at the state while assisting in a church trip that saw the delivery of much needed supplies to a hurricane-devastated church in Moss Point. The destruction was spread across the entire southern half of the state and was like nothing else I've ever seen. I pray for the recovery of the Gulf Coast.

.Desoto Co. (2004)

Southhaven. Been here four times. Urbanizing area south of Memphis. Eventually it will be pretty much incorporated into the general sprawl of its Tennessee neighbor. Things are laid back as can be.

Tate Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Hurricane Katrina relief trip with Forest Preserve Bible Church.

Panola Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Yalobusha Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip. Holly Springs NF. Enid Lake.

Grenada Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Carroll Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Montgomery Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Holmes Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Yazoo Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Madison Co. (10/2005)

Ridgeland.

Hinds Co. (10/2005)

Raymond. Clinton. Jackson.

Rankin Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Simpson Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Covington Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Forrest Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Perry Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Greene Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

George Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Jackson Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Harrison Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Stone Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Jones Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Jasper Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Clarke Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Lauderdale Co. (10/2005)

Passed through forested area along I-55 on Katrina relief trip.

Hancock Co. (1/2009)

Bay Saint Louis. Waveland. Been

Wilkinson Co. (1/2009)

Woodville. Been

Adams Co. (1/2009)

Natchez. Been

Jefferson Co. (1/2009)

Passed through along the Natchez Trace Parkway and Hwy 61. Fayette. Lorman.

Claiborne Co. (1/2009)

Passed through along the Natchez Trace Parkway and Hwy 61. Port Gibson.

Warren Co. (4/2009)

Vicksburg.

Issaquena Co. (4/2009)

Passed through on US 61.

Sharkey Co. (4/2009)

Cary. Rolling Fork. Anguilla.

Washington Co. (4/2009)

Yazoo NWR. Arcola. Hollandale.

Bolivar Co. (4/2009)

Cleveland. Boyle. Shelby. Merigold. Winstonville. Mound Bayou. Duncan. Alligator.

Coahoma Co. (4/2009)

Clarksdale.

Tunica Co. (4/2009)

Tunica.

Pike Co. (1/10)

Coming Soon

Lincoln Co. (1/10)

Coming Soon

Copiah Co. (1/10)

Coming Soon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magnolia, the tree of the South. I first saw one in Virginia.

Hurricane Katrina bent these lightpoles on Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi. (2005)