Heavy rain overnight on the Tombigbee but so soothing in the camper. No leaks, no problems and we stayed toasty warm though it got to an unseasonably low temperature for this region. Cleaned the camper inside and were delighted that the heavy rain had taken most of the yellow pine pollen from VA off the truck and camper.
We took a county road from Piney Grove to get back on the Natchez Trace and head south. Bad move. CR4271 was a lane and a half, newly graveled with a reddish/yellow substance. Truck was handling it well and no slipping until we made a major goof and missed the fork in the road. We were now on CR4272 which narrowed to one lane, steep sides, with washouts crumbling into the ditches full of water. OH OH! Nothing to do but keep going so we did and ended up at a farm after what seemed like ten miles but was only a half. I was driving and by then had it in 4 wheel low and saying prayers. Rather then drive into the farm yard, we decided to back into a pasture road. Bad move again as it started to slip. Somehow, got going forward and made a loop through the guy's house driveway. He must not have been home as I wasn't greeted with yells, shotguns or polite offers to help. We did get out okay. Later as we are going down the Natchez Trace, we went by where that CR4271 would have intersected. It wasn't there so who knows what would have been at the end of it or if we would have been able to turn around there. Sometimes a wrong turn saves a really wrong turn.
Took the Natchez Trace down to Mathiston and then on to Route 82. 82 turned out to be a four lane divided with a lot of space between the divide so it seemed like only a two lane. Lovely farm country and it was rare to see another vehicle. As this was basically another travel day, it was nice to have such a relaxing road. Do you know how few bridges go across the Mississippi River? We had to go way south to cross at Greenville, MS into Arkansas. This is very flat land and right now there is a lot of standing water from the storm yesterday. I doubt that happens regularly as most farms have huge ponds for irrigation. We are happy to see diesel prices continue to drop, probably because we are getting closer and closer to the refineries. We paid $3.62 today and saw it right after at $3.56 - of course!
Tonight we are in Crossette, Arkansas in the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge. There is a Corp of Engineers park within the refuge that is now run by the town of Crossette. $12 for paved, flat site with water and power. Tomorrow we head into Texas.
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