boiled peanuts

Boiled peanuts - sometimes they happen, and this time they happened at a place called Smoke BBQ in Covington, LA.

Crosby Arboretum

The Crosby Arboretum in Picayune, MS is yet another botanical wonderland and a major resource for the study of plants and trees native to the Gulf Coast region. It was also interesting to me because I went to school with someone from the family that created this place. There is no question in my mind  that an appreciation of plants is one of the things that connects all people.

Medicine Wheel Garden

Medicine Wheel Garden is a nice little garden at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. The focus is on native plants - many of which I was not familiar with - which have been known and used since Indian times.

Rowan Oak

Another point of interest in Oxford, MS is Rowan Oak, the home of author William Faulkner. We did not tour the house but enjoyed wandering the grounds on a pleasant sunny day.

 

Oxford, MS

Oxford is a university town, home to the famous "Ole Miss". It has a nice historic downtown, at the center of which is the courthouse. There is also an excellent bookstore called Square Books that lets you step out on their balcony, from which there is a fabulous view of the courthouse.

Graduate Hotel

After the Tishomingo hike we drove east to Oxford, MS where we stayed at the Graduate, a local boutique hotel. When we arrived it was dark and quite cold; thankfully there is a good restaurant - The Coop - right in the hotel.

Tishomingo State Park part 3

We hiked the Outcropping Trail to reach - not surprisingly - some beautiful outcroppings of sandstone and a small waterfall, at the time reduced to a trickle. On the way out we noticed these "bears" at the entrance.