Rainy ride to Mississippi

We awoke to the predicted rain showers this morning. Fortunately Jim had done most of the outside things to get ready to go last nite when it was'nt raining. At least we had a mostly sunny day yesterday.

As we moved east through Louisiana, the rain got heavier and heavier. Visibility was very low and traffic slowed down accordingly. We have not seen rain this heavy in quite some time. Fortunately there was no wind with this storm. About 15 miles prior to entering Missisippi we finally got ahead of the storm. We drove through Vickburg to our campground just east of town. We saw lots of Magnolia trees in bloom along the road. No wonder Mississippi is known as the "Magnolia State"

We are staying at an interesting place called Askews Landing. It is on the site of Briarwood Plantation which was settled by the Askew family in 1859. The campground is run by the Askew family. The campground store is one of the original buildings. Jim had a long chat with the owner about the Civil War activity in the area. It is pretty neat to stay someplace with some history. Shortly after checking in and getting settled the storm we passed through caught up with us and we got a good soaking for the 2nd time today. The car and the motorhome look pretty clean!

Tomorrow it's off to Vicksburg National Military Park and Battlefield.