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| Grave site at Shiloh |
Raining we pulled out of Pickwick Dam Tailwater Campground. The two days camping here were noisy at night and the smell, emanating from the pulp mill across the river, Georgia Pacific was awful. After packing the rig we got an early lunch at the Outpost and headed to a huge chunk of Civil War History, Shiloh.
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| Army of Wisconsin Memorial Monument |
Today we start the TAT but with the current weather and being so close to a very unique monument park we spent the afternoon at Shiloh. How fitting in the rain. Shiloh was very surreal located in TN near the MS border 7 square miles of battlefield.
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| Wallace Memorial Marker |
This is where the most deadly of all battles took place with well-over 23k casualties and nearly 90k troops fighting. Both Grant and Johnston's Armys battled for two days, leaving Johnston mortally wounded. P.T.G. Beauregard assumed confederate command only to get hammered from Buell's Army of the Ohio. His first order as commander was to retreat to fight at Corinth, (another battle entirely). As you drive through the park you can't help but try to imagine the conditions of the raging forces as gore and death was all around you.
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| Mississippi Army Memorial Monument |
A real honest place to visit, honest in a way that it really makes you wonder. You can't help but feeling for both Union and Confederate sides for their horrific losses of life and limb.
The rain started to let-up and it was time to hit the trail,
TAT. We got provisions, filled our tank with gas and headed for MS. border where we picked up the trail. Trixie at the roll chart navigating we set the GPS and off we went.
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| Old 40 rusting in Pickwick |
The roads all don't connect so you have to catch side roads to weave your way along the trail. Sometime it gets a little confusing and you might miss a turn but it's really fun and a lesson in navigating. As we kept going and going we did, making the turns at the different mile markers we came up on our first obstacle,
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| Not on the map TAT |
"Bridge Closed". Hmmm Sam didn't tell us about this one, No worries!!. We looked at the map checked out our location, back-tracked for 5 miles to find a different route and "Viola!" we found ourselves on the other side of the closed bridge. Getting a late start we only managed to travel a shorter distance than we were hoping. As daylight was coming to a close we got off the trail, only to notice the "check engine" light on!! Shoooot! The town of
Corinth was near by so we got a cheap hotel and packed it in for the night.
All night I was wondering about the "check engine" light and made a few deductions. Since we felt no change in power or handling from our rig and the light went on after refueling, perhaps bad gas or overfilling! Before we took off in the am I disconnected the battery terminal to reset the vehicle computer, just as I suspected the light went off and stayed off. We are now ready to hit the trails again.
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| Oxford eatery Ajax's |
We traveled to the small town of
Ripley then a side trip to
Oxford, a bucket list stop of Trixie's. With a fine example of southern architecture it was a charming and a cultural place, right outside of Ole Miss University.
Next stop
Enid Lake MS. to camp for the night then to the
Arkansas border at
Helena.
See Y'all On or Off the Road!!
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