A Night in Mississippi
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canyonwalkerMississippi Travelog #3
Columbia, MS - Wednesday, 25 Apr 2023, 8am
After hiking a few waterfalls at Clark Creek Natural Area yesterday we drove east to Columbia, MS. If you've never heard of the town, you're not alone. It's home to fewer than 6,000 people today. When it was incorporated over 200 years ago it was named because some of the influential settlers had moved from Columbia, SC, and... well, one thing we know about settlers in the US is that they are rarely original with place names.
But why are we here? We're here because a) it's an overnight between two places we're visiting, b) it has a hot tub, and c) it's close to the one we're visiting later this morning, Red Bluff. Unfortunately, (b) the hot tub is not working. After I called the hotel a few nights ago to double-check. Grr. I'm starting to feel like hot tubs are the McDonald's shake machines of the hotel industry.
Last night we ate at a local Mexican restaurant. Surprisingly there are several Mexican restaurants in this little town nowhere near the border. The food wasn't very good, though. And the wait staff were almost comical in their southern yokel pronunciation of items on the menu named in Spanish. But it was food, and we were hungry.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel. I almost didn't mind the hot tub being busted as I was tired and happy just to go to bed. I think I was more cheesed that the room was so small. Like, seriously, it took careful arrangement to position our bags and still be able to move around. But once I cleared a path to the bed and a space to lie down, I did, and I fell asleep.
So, as for today. Red Bluff. You probably haven't heard of that, either... of if you have, you might be thinking of Red Bluff, California. Red Bluff here is also known as the Grand Canyon of Mississippi. It's a hillside of colorful rock and dirt that has been eroded by a river, leaving gaping canyons of bright hues. It's about 20 minutes outside of town, and we'll drive over there after having breakfast and packing our bags.
Columbia, MS - Wednesday, 25 Apr 2023, 8am
After hiking a few waterfalls at Clark Creek Natural Area yesterday we drove east to Columbia, MS. If you've never heard of the town, you're not alone. It's home to fewer than 6,000 people today. When it was incorporated over 200 years ago it was named because some of the influential settlers had moved from Columbia, SC, and... well, one thing we know about settlers in the US is that they are rarely original with place names.
But why are we here? We're here because a) it's an overnight between two places we're visiting, b) it has a hot tub, and c) it's close to the one we're visiting later this morning, Red Bluff. Unfortunately, (b) the hot tub is not working. After I called the hotel a few nights ago to double-check. Grr. I'm starting to feel like hot tubs are the McDonald's shake machines of the hotel industry.
Last night we ate at a local Mexican restaurant. Surprisingly there are several Mexican restaurants in this little town nowhere near the border. The food wasn't very good, though. And the wait staff were almost comical in their southern yokel pronunciation of items on the menu named in Spanish. But it was food, and we were hungry.
After dinner we headed back to the hotel. I almost didn't mind the hot tub being busted as I was tired and happy just to go to bed. I think I was more cheesed that the room was so small. Like, seriously, it took careful arrangement to position our bags and still be able to move around. But once I cleared a path to the bed and a space to lie down, I did, and I fell asleep.
So, as for today. Red Bluff. You probably haven't heard of that, either... of if you have, you might be thinking of Red Bluff, California. Red Bluff here is also known as the Grand Canyon of Mississippi. It's a hillside of colorful rock and dirt that has been eroded by a river, leaving gaping canyons of bright hues. It's about 20 minutes outside of town, and we'll drive over there after having breakfast and packing our bags.
