We stopped at the Mississippi Petrified Forest. It sounded interesting and in some ways, it was. It is a small private museum with an easy to walk trail running thru the back area. Of the 26 stops along the trail, 20 or so marked large pieces of Petrified wood. All the pieces are believed to have been washed into this area millions of years ago and do have noticeable wear and rounding on the ends, just like the logs we find along the pacific coast. The coloring is unremarkable. Primarily gray with fairly good texturing. The rock and fossil collection in the main building is good. We especially like the fossil collection that included a dinosaur egg and a mammoth tooth.
(Ryan: We both hope you enjoy these pictures)
Our next Jackson, MS stop was the Mississippi Agriculture Museum. This museum advertising said it had a “collection” of Crop Duster airplanes that turned out to be only 4. But the quality of the display and the accompanying video was worth the stop. The re-creation of an old county town with a rose garden was well done. I was especially interested in the gas station and print shop. They also had a petting zoo where we met a goat and saw a few cows. I guess Monday isn’t a good day to be a tourist.
We stopped at the Oak House in Jackson, MS but it was closed Mondays. Little else attracted our attention before we stopped for the night at the Flying J in McCalla, AL. Yes, we are now in Alabama.
We don’t mind staying in Flying J truck stop. Many others complain about the truck noise but we haven’t found that a problem. The only problem we found at this location is the diesel exhaust fumes. The truck parking area is upwind with more than 30 trucks idling their engines. The resulting fumes are flowing straight thru our RV. I tried to find an alternative location but the trucks had the entire RV parking area flanked. There was no escape with nature intervening. Fortunately that only lasted for two hours before the wind changed direction.
