The other thread got me thinking. What are the things you should do if you are in Mississippi. Unfortunately, we don't have real mountains or clear water or a big city, which tend to be draws, but just curious as to what all we have that people may not realize. Basically, if somebody was coming into your town or somewhere you live or have spent some time, what would you show them? My thoughts:
1) The barrier islands. The water on the southside is hit or miss for clarity, but still pretty awesome being on a sandy beach with so little development around. If you get the chance to camp on the barrier island (or better yet, stay at one of the places the charter fishermen use), and flounder at night and fish in the morning, that's a pretty awesome trip. I've also had friends from the coast do the chandeleur trips, where they go out on a boat with several bunk rooms, have food cooked for them, and then take small skiffs to fish in the day. Supposedly a pretty awesome trip.
2) River overlook from the Vicksburg bluffs. Not going to fill a lot of time and maybe not something to travel for, but it's one of the few really unique landscapes we have and I'd definitely go check it out if you're nearby.
3) Similar vein, but some of the hills overlooking the delta. Went to a camp in college that was between I guess Greenwood and Lexington where when you come out of the hills, we stopped where there was a huge drop off next to the road, basically a dirt cliff, and you could see miles and miles of cotton as far as you could see. Assume that's corn now, which to me is not nearly as picturesque, so maybe not worth seeing so much anymore.
4) Old Waverly and Mossy Oak course golf trip. Certainly plenty of nice places all over the country, but Old Waverly is one of if not the best as far as feeling like you're in a private club. The other nice courses I've played in other parts of the country you basically feel like you are in a very nice commercial establishment but not in a real country club. Not sure that makes sense or if I'm the only one that feels that way.
5) Nothing hugely special or unique, but I've had fun tubing the bogue chitto and canoeing down the Okatoma.
6) Done a alleuvian weekend in greenwood where we did the cooking school one night and Lusco's one night (which I guess is closed? but the restaurant in the Alleuvian looked good too). Again, nothing hugely special or unique, but worth doing.
What all am I missing?
1) The barrier islands. The water on the southside is hit or miss for clarity, but still pretty awesome being on a sandy beach with so little development around. If you get the chance to camp on the barrier island (or better yet, stay at one of the places the charter fishermen use), and flounder at night and fish in the morning, that's a pretty awesome trip. I've also had friends from the coast do the chandeleur trips, where they go out on a boat with several bunk rooms, have food cooked for them, and then take small skiffs to fish in the day. Supposedly a pretty awesome trip.
2) River overlook from the Vicksburg bluffs. Not going to fill a lot of time and maybe not something to travel for, but it's one of the few really unique landscapes we have and I'd definitely go check it out if you're nearby.
3) Similar vein, but some of the hills overlooking the delta. Went to a camp in college that was between I guess Greenwood and Lexington where when you come out of the hills, we stopped where there was a huge drop off next to the road, basically a dirt cliff, and you could see miles and miles of cotton as far as you could see. Assume that's corn now, which to me is not nearly as picturesque, so maybe not worth seeing so much anymore.
4) Old Waverly and Mossy Oak course golf trip. Certainly plenty of nice places all over the country, but Old Waverly is one of if not the best as far as feeling like you're in a private club. The other nice courses I've played in other parts of the country you basically feel like you are in a very nice commercial establishment but not in a real country club. Not sure that makes sense or if I'm the only one that feels that way.
5) Nothing hugely special or unique, but I've had fun tubing the bogue chitto and canoeing down the Okatoma.
6) Done a alleuvian weekend in greenwood where we did the cooking school one night and Lusco's one night (which I guess is closed? but the restaurant in the Alleuvian looked good too). Again, nothing hugely special or unique, but worth doing.
What all am I missing?
