We get a slightly later start this morning, having to break camp, but still on the road at 7:15. Traffic is still light, but the scenery is fairly repetitive (not nearly as much as the C&O). At MM 73.5 is Dean’s Stand and Dillion’s Plantation, a place where General US Grant stayed after the Battle of Raymond about 5 miles north on the Trace and part of the 1863 Vicksburg campaign. We try to get off in Historic Clinton on the southwest side of Jackson to re-provision, but the construction is terrible, so we press on towards our campsite in Ridgeland and the Ross R Barnett Reservoir just north of Jackson. It is now hot and the traffic is terrible and the shade non-existent. Hunter notices what appears to be a parallel bike path which we don’t figure out how to get on until the way back! We have to get off in Richland and ride about 6 miles, 4 of which is a bike lane on Spillway road at the bottom of the reservoir. Again we get in fairly early, at about 2PM, and find a campsite with a small view of the reservoir but a Kroger across the street. Hunter naps while I drink beer by the pool. Later, I try to unsuccessfully update the blog, spending about 30-45 minutes with the 7” Android tablet, only to have blogspot tell me there was a “problem” tying to publish the post and not bothering to save a draft. Hence, these post coming today.
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