Wednesday, March 15…
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| Old Capitol Building |
Travel day, with a stop in Jackson
for a little history and a great lunch. Visited the Old Capitol Bldg (I wonder
how many states have built two b/c they outgrew the first), took a quick walk
through the War Memorial Bldg, saw the Gov’s Mansion, and settled into a booth
at the Mayflower Café (whose neon sign must date back to the restaurant’s
opening in 1935). Greg had the fish tenders (pieces of red snapper throat –
kinda like halibut cheeks on a bone) and fried green tomatoes. Every southern restaurant has bread pudding on
the dessert menu, but we’re usually too full to try it.
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| "Official" photo of War Memorial Entrance |
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| These were cool - over 10' high and "in-your-face" silver! |
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| Fashioned after the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Nat'l Cemetery "Time will not dim the glory of their deeds" |
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| (Flag fully furled - we've seen that a lot across the south.) |
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| Sidewalks in sad shape... |
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| Work underway (yeh, I know it's a road, not a sidewalk, but you get my point - and look at all that copper tubing) |
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| Beautiful sidewalk. |
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| Another milestone in civil rights history. |
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| Looked dumpy, but it had inner character and good food! |
BlogThoughts...The state park we're in is gorgeous. Large sites, lots of trees (not as much sunshine as we'd like, but that's Mother Nature). Coming in we drove on top of a very low dam (see below). We're about 2' below lake-level, and water is seeping below the boards. The left edge of the road becomes a spillway. Cool!
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| A bit of a surprise yesterday. |
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| No more live oaks - this is longleaf pine country. |
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