Our exploration today was into Jackson, our current camping location and the state capitol. Again we had our best glimpse of wildlife right in our campground. So far at the campground, we have added two new birds to our list of sightings; a true red-headed woodpecker and a yellow crowned night heron who was quite impressive looking. There are lots of turtles.
Our intent in going downtown was to check out the architecture which was widely varied and very pretty. We started at the house of a Pulitzer prize-winning author named Eudora Welty. I have never read any of her books and Peggy has read one called The Optimist’s Daughter which she described as “sad.” Nevertheless, Eudora had a very nice house, as did many of her neighbors. We also checked out the Governor’s Mansion and the state capitol building and they were impressive, as well.
I am surprised that anyone drives downtown since, as far as I can recollect, Jackson has absolutely the most terrible roads of anyplace we have driven in the last four years or maybe ever. A quick scan of the internet indicates that some years back a government engineer stated that Jackson’s roads had less than four years of viable use remaining. Now they have reached the zero point and motorists are cautioned to drive a rental car when visiting because that way you can wreck a car you don’t own.
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