Friday, June 3, 2011
Mousetail Landing SP, Linden, TN: 4/4
Rarely do we get off to an early start, but we really wanted to keep "on schedule", and the weather was predicted to deteriorate rapidly throughout the day, so we rushed and left Tishomingo SP about 8:30am. For us, this approaches miraculous! After a really pleasant drive along the Natchez Trace for about 50 miles, we made our way slowly through winding country roads, up hill and down dale, in lightly falling rain. It made for quite tense driving, and poor Pandora got carsick. We finally arrived at Mousetail Landing SP around noon, as the rain began to intensify. In order to reach the campground, we had to climb a short but VERY STEEP hill -- probably the steepest paved road we have ever driven. 2/3 of the way up Doug put the truck into 4WD since we had slowed to such a crawl he was afraid we might actually start slipping backwards on the rain-slicked road. Just over the crest of the hill we found a nice but rather bizarrely laid-out, completely empty campground. We picked the only pull-through spot and quickly set up. It was oriented so that we didn't have to unhook, which is really nice for a one-night stay. As we finished setting up, it started POURING. We hurried inside and got settled and into dry, warm clothes. Then it really started to storm and the power went off. Luckily, our batteries were fully charged! We were able to watch the storm progress over us and beyond and were quite relieved to see it receding. We were also relieved to have a visit from the park ranger checking to see if we were okay and assuring us that the power would be back on soon. It was. The rest of our stay here was uneventful. The following morning was nice & sunny, and the steep hill was much easier to negotiate when dry.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 12:55 PM 
