Most people hate it but not us. With no destination in mind, we just poke around the back roads, looking at the houses and the land, trying to discover what people do for a living and generally wondering why folks live there? When I am driving, the cars behind me must be cross because I drive fifteen miles per hour below the speed limit because I want to see what is happening.
Today we drove north and east of our condo, staying on minor roads that were new to us. We had two good maps so we knew what to go. We saw lots and lots of soy beans. It is second only to chickens in agricultural productivity in Mississippi. The little town were all expiring. Even the lovely town squares are mostly empty of businesses. And we saw many horses but only one herd of cattle.
The topography was surprisingly different. We expected it to be mostly flat but we drove through low hills. And we drove through many forests. Half a dozen times we came across lumber trucks. Lumber is number three in productivity in the state. Our drive was interesting. We stayed out for almost four hours but were really only an hours drive away from home. It was fun.
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