Gray Day

A greeting for everyone.

Thursday, March 16…

The sun barely shone today, but I still managed a couple long walks and made FB happy with another 13K+ day. Laundry and chores done, camping spots reserved through mid-April, various odds and ends taken care of… all good. It’s spring break for at least some parts of Mississippi, so there are lots of families here. Kids on bikes, a few folks out on the lake, lots of campfires… all good. Southerners are friendly – no one walks past without a greeting. I like that. 

This is maybe 1/4 of the lake area - love the floating walkway to the island.

Sunset 

Kayaks... done for today.

RandomBlogThoughts... 1. Last night was clear and the stars were fabulous. Even though I can only name the Big Dipper, I recognized the shapes of several others. 

2. We stopped here b/c it’s a halfway point. When I got laundry quarters from the woman at the office, I asked what we might like to see or do in Hattiesburg (nearest town, pop 43,000). She shrugged. “Nothing I can think of. I’d just like to get out.” Sad.

3. Glad Cuts is a 1-chair hair salon in Denham Springs (La) that I happened to drive by several days after I should have gotten a haircut. I saw the sign from the highway, decided this was a bird-in-the-hand, and made an abrupt right.  A diminutive Asian stylist was finishing up a fellow maybe in his 30s. Apparently she was trying to explain why she couldn’t throw away last month’s calendar page. (This was early March). It was almost stream-of-conscious and at some point she threw in a bit about how Julius Caesar had changed the calendar. She spoke fast, with great intensity and a fairly heavy accent. The customer looked confused. “You understand?” she asks. He recovers. “Yeh, yeh – Edward Scissorhands…” She looks confused. I caught his eye and gave him a very short history lesson. He paid and left. Postscript: She continued the same explanation as soon as I got in the chair and never stopped talking. Fortunately, the haircut itself was fine.

Sunset thru the Ameristar Casino window (Vicksburg).
We had dinner there Tuesday night.