I've been all over the Delta and find it very similar to the Alabama Blackbelt where I'm from. ALways something interesting and surprising everywhere you go. I'll be in Clarksdale in two weeks and it's one of my favorite towns to visit.
Mississippi Day Trips and Cool Places - Official Thread
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I'll be enjoying the AR mountains then Beno.
I'll find a good 4 day weekend.
I'll find a good 4 day weekend.
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Another backroad success today. Berkley road with me to Oxford and Tupelo and after my meetings I stopped by the crazy guys place where I got the FJ40....I'll document that in Project Patina.....
After we left that place we hit the road to try to connect one of my last sections of the Vicksburg to Tennessee trail.....
We left the main road off Highway 6 between Ponotoc and Tupelo.
What better place for me to start an adventure.....
The crazy dude told me about a concrete road through a lake and I went down a dead end looking for it....there was a gate and this bit of awesome. We rode by.....turned around about 1/4 mile down the road and by the time we got back this a****** was already walking out with a gun. I stopped. Took a picture, waved at him and drove off. Moron.
The gravel spit us out at Davis Lake in the north part of Tombigbee National Forest. Beautiful lake with nice modern campsites and stuff if anyone is interested in that sort of thing.
The road here turned south here and was spectacular big forest and wide gravel roads.
After we left that place we hit the road to try to connect one of my last sections of the Vicksburg to Tennessee trail.....
We left the main road off Highway 6 between Ponotoc and Tupelo.
What better place for me to start an adventure.....
The crazy dude told me about a concrete road through a lake and I went down a dead end looking for it....there was a gate and this bit of awesome. We rode by.....turned around about 1/4 mile down the road and by the time we got back this a****** was already walking out with a gun. I stopped. Took a picture, waved at him and drove off. Moron.
The gravel spit us out at Davis Lake in the north part of Tombigbee National Forest. Beautiful lake with nice modern campsites and stuff if anyone is interested in that sort of thing.
The road here turned south here and was spectacular big forest and wide gravel roads.
Awesome.
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I stopped at this bridge to take some Instagram poser shots.
After I got out, Berkley jumped out and walked around the front of the truck and promptly fell through this gap in the bridge. Look at her Sprite bottle that was in her hand when she went down. I am 80% sure she broke a finger......
Awesome bridge tho.....
After I got out, Berkley jumped out and walked around the front of the truck and promptly fell through this gap in the bridge. Look at her Sprite bottle that was in her hand when she went down. I am 80% sure she broke a finger......
Awesome bridge tho.....
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We got out to hike up to this fire tower. Of course they have removed the damn stairs. About here we realized her finger was broken and the hike made her hand throb pretty badly.
I doped her up with some Celebrex and we dove deeper into the National Forest.
Random.....
I doped her up with some Celebrex and we dove deeper into the National Forest.
Random.....
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Fxxxing Beno just text me that I should add food and he would love it.....
Me? Add food? I laugh.
Anyway.....after 111 miles of mostly gravel roads I tied in the Vardaman section I had done before with this section that is basically Tupelo to just south of Vardaman running the entire length of the National Forest.
We bailed out at Hwy 82 just west of Stewart and just east of Kilmichael. I have the route from Stewart to my house set up already, I just need to drive it again to get it in my GPS program without having to fat finger it in there.
Dinner was a superb, superb burger at The Depot in Winona. A++
The downtown area of Winona is damn cool. I have never been there but have been to Winona 50 times.
This is the same RR track that runs through my farm. See the completed date was pre-civil war.
More instagram pics.....
Beautiful Church
Interesting trivia.....#flynavy
Me? Add food? I laugh.
Anyway.....after 111 miles of mostly gravel roads I tied in the Vardaman section I had done before with this section that is basically Tupelo to just south of Vardaman running the entire length of the National Forest.
We bailed out at Hwy 82 just west of Stewart and just east of Kilmichael. I have the route from Stewart to my house set up already, I just need to drive it again to get it in my GPS program without having to fat finger it in there.
Dinner was a superb, superb burger at The Depot in Winona. A++
The downtown area of Winona is damn cool. I have never been there but have been to Winona 50 times.
This is the same RR track that runs through my farm. See the completed date was pre-civil war.
More instagram pics.....
Beautiful Church
Interesting trivia.....#flynavy
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The restaurant is damn good. Very very cool spot. Well worth the drive for the burger and the decor
The restaurant is in the old Depot....check out the switching is still in there
station that
And the burger? Get the fuc out. Seriously......
I grew up going to this place....it is on the old road going into Winona that comes out at the grocery store on 51.......I remember back in the day they had no sign and blacks ate in the kitchen and whites in the inside......that was in the 80's.......crazy.
They have a sign now so @beno can go in LOL
The restaurant is in the old Depot....check out the switching is still in there
And the burger? Get the fuc out. Seriously......
I grew up going to this place....it is on the old road going into Winona that comes out at the grocery store on 51.......I remember back in the day they had no sign and blacks ate in the kitchen and whites in the inside......that was in the 80's.......crazy.
They have a sign now so @beno can go in LOL
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What are you looking at?
The finger.....
Nope
The route
HoneyBear
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wngrog this is awesome. Stumbled into this thread looking for stuff to do with my new truck. I think I'm heading to Ebeneezer Saturday to check out the old bridge, grab a burger, head up to Franklin, across to Shady Grove, back down to Pickens, back over towards Ebeneezer so I can catch Lemon road and then head back home. I've got a ton of bookmarked sites now and I'm reading your yelp reviews as you seem to find every great place to eat. I registered primarily so I could say thank you. I'll have to look around the rest of this place and see what CLC is all about as well.
If you see this before Saturday, I'm a off road noob, but plan to pack some things for the worst, but I assume I can make it everywhere (that I saw on google maps, Buck Road over near Shady Grove looks like the roughest road and there's another way right near there if its terrible) in a '16 SR5 4wd. I'll do 4wd hi like you recommend on the gravel/dirt and it seems like the only time you needed the bells and whistles of the TRD PRO was from the close encounter with the logging truck.
I'll report back when the drive is done.
If you see this before Saturday, I'm a off road noob, but plan to pack some things for the worst, but I assume I can make it everywhere (that I saw on google maps, Buck Road over near Shady Grove looks like the roughest road and there's another way right near there if its terrible) in a '16 SR5 4wd. I'll do 4wd hi like you recommend on the gravel/dirt and it seems like the only time you needed the bells and whistles of the TRD PRO was from the close encounter with the logging truck.
I'll report back when the drive is done.
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You guys should watch that video above.....it is really an amazing place.......
Lou and I started off on the Trace....Rocky Springs was the first stop....
A quick stop in Port Gibson for a gratuitous pic of the golden hand to God and a Blues Trail Marker and we were off to Windsor
Lou and I started off on the Trace....Rocky Springs was the first stop....
A quick stop in Port Gibson for a gratuitous pic of the golden hand to God and a Blues Trail Marker and we were off to Windsor
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A quick stop at Windsor Mounds since the Mound Trail is my thing......totally cool by the way.....
But not as cool as Windsor
But not as cool as Windsor
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We moved into Rodney....I have never been. My navigation skills took us through the campus of Alcorn. Lou and I were blown away at how nice it was. I can't wait to go back one day to photograph it. Every bit as beautiful as Ole Miss.
The Old Rodney road leads right out of campus by the bookstore.....
Rodney was once the presumptive capital of Mississippi with people and wealth. The Mississippi River decided to change course and humans decided not to get a railroad so it is now a Ghost town.
The Old Rodney road leads right out of campus by the bookstore.....
Rodney was once the presumptive capital of Mississippi with people and wealth. The Mississippi River decided to change course and humans decided not to get a railroad so it is now a Ghost town.
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Random.....
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We ate lunch at Lorman Country Store......the chicken.....man. Legit.
From there we moved over to Prospect Hill Plantation. This place is documented earlier in this thread. Complete disaster. The Archaeological Society has raised the money to roof it and square it up. It is a Mississippi treasure. Wiki it......
Lou ran over a rattler......and then backed over that bitch......
I just take the pictures and call the turns......
From there we moved over to Prospect Hill Plantation. This place is documented earlier in this thread. Complete disaster. The Archaeological Society has raised the money to roof it and square it up. It is a Mississippi treasure. Wiki it......
Lou ran over a rattler......and then backed over that bitch......
I just take the pictures and call the turns......
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Magical day. Lots of history, very few people and wide open Mississippi space. Get out and enjoy this stuff. As long as you have a/c in your truck and a little water for the side trips you are golden
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I had a blast. There were a lot of bridges out, which made me find some detours on the fly. Did find one really cool muddy road (looked to me more like somewhere people just decided to drive along a field, but it had a stop sign and was on the MDOT map) that I wasn't quite brave enough to try and push through solo. Turns out it was a good call since the bridge was down, no sign north bound, but I drove around and caught a portion of it further north and south bound there was a sign informing me that the bridge was out. Still figuring the media out for this site, I guess let me know if I did anything wrong.
Went to Vaughn, to Ebeneezer, up to Holmes park, down Shady Grove, Goodman, Pickens, back over towards Ebeneezer for Lemon road. I do think I found the bridge, but I didn't stop to take pictures. Then back home and made a Mint Julep.
Went to Vaughn, to Ebeneezer, up to Holmes park, down Shady Grove, Goodman, Pickens, back over towards Ebeneezer for Lemon road. I do think I found the bridge, but I didn't stop to take pictures. Then back home and made a Mint Julep.
