Poplarville, MS - April 17

I realize that I need to post a few pictures of the landscape in Louisiana and Mississippi.  One or two would suffice, since it has been very simillar mile aftrer mile.  It has been rolling hills, almost continuously borderd by pine forests.  Some are protected National Forests, but most are commerical, for wood pulp.  On weekdays, there is a constant line of logging trucks carrying the harvested lumber to the pulp mills.  Even when the trucks are not present, we see the residue of bark and small branches on the road shouders.  

The rains from earlier in the week have resulted in flooding throughout the region.  We first witnessed this on the Pearl River, as we crossed over this boundary into Mississippi.  Some of the peripheral bridges were almost at the river waterline.  

Today, as we were riding to Vancleave, we learned that our destination campground was flooded and not available.  Bubba and staff secured alternate accomodations at a Motel 6 in Ocean Springs.  As I am finishing this posting, another large storm system is moving from the Gulf toward our planned route for tomorrow.  We will wake up tomorrow, check the the weather conditions, and decide upon a plan for reaching Daulphin Island, AL.