Wall Doxey State Park, Mississippi

It's a day of driving. We leave Columbus, Georgia and plan to stop at Tupelo, Mississippi for the night (Elvis Presley's birthplace) but the campground is full (we typically do not make reservations while traveling, so every once in awhile we get somewhere and they're full). It's a Friday night, so I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Not a big deal--we keep driving. We'll see Elvis's birthplace another trip.

While driving down the road, a motorhome passes us: it's pulling a car (not unusual) BUT the car is pulling a trailer! We've seen this once before on this trip, but are still amazed that people do this.

We consider driving to all the way to Memphis, but find a state park that has campsites available and decide to stop there for the night. Wall Doxey State Park, Mississippi

It's a really nice state park. The campground is in the woods, with paved sites and electric/water hook-ups. Plus the rangers are very friendly. We set up, have dinner and walk around the campground before dark.

The campground is very unusual in that it has at least one 18-hole "disc golf" course. It meanders all around the outskirts of the campground, through the woods. Plus the campground registration office includes a disc golf pro shop, just like a golf course would have. They have racks of equipment for disc golf. I never realized disc golf had so much equipment. They are having a disc golf tournament this weekend so there are golfers out practicing. The golfers carry bags for their equipment just like regular golfers, only the bag is smaller. All the golfers that we see on the course are young males. Interesting stop.