CLARKO STATE CAMPGROUND---South of Meridian, Miss.

Fished in pristine lake this AM. Used a Roostertail & a BB Popper--my two best lures, then I tried a hook, bobber & a GULP on a hook. Nothing....
Found out from the park ranger that you were supposed to have a $10 daily license or face a $25 fine. Oh well....you know what they say about fools, drunks & naive GULP fisher-
persons. In short, I didn't catch nothing, but I didn't get busted.
We stayed over a day at CLARKO to get some rest, enjoy the setting & chill. A good idea.
We're blasting off tomorrow & taking a northerly route west of Atlanta, through the mountains & back toward Charlotte from the west. I-85/Atlanta simply seems like a whimsy let-down epilogue to EGG ON THE RUN.
It should be exciting to weave around, up and down the Appalachians & approach home base from the west.
Shopped at Sunshine Discount Grocery in Quitman, Mississippi today. Very steep prices & the only grocery game in town. The granny-age "bagboy" was curious about our whereabouts, as we looked odd and from out of town.
I said, "We're just passing through."
With a woebegone look she said, "And I have to live here."
A little cracking on EBT (Black Foodstamp) recipients by granny & our encounter ended.
Another highpoint today was the 20 mile trip to an adjacent non-dry county.
The clerk in the "wet" convenience store said, "Yeah....the bootleggers over there can get anything they wants 'cause folks don't want to drive all this way."