Thursday - We dropped the coach off at Lakeshore (drove it next door) at 7:20AM. I gave Bryan a list of things I wanted fixed and we headed to Iuka, about 10 miles away.
We decided to try the Sugar and Cream Cate for breakfast. This awesome looking 65 (I think) Chevy pickup was parked next to the building. I had a one of these when we lived in Iowa in the late 70's. Mine was pretty rough. Ask Kathy about how you dump watermelons out of a 65 Chevy pickup. Its a good story.
They served real American breakfasts. Note the boards on the wall.
I don't know if you can read it but the one on the left is the "ABC's of Salvation". Admit you are a sinner, Believe in Jesus, Confess Jesus is your Lord. There was a lot of similar material posted on the walls.
From there we went to the Old Courthouse Museum, a few blocks away.
This monument out front tells me the woke crowd doesn't control Iuka, yet. The inscription reads, "Heroes of a lost cause rest in honor and in grateful memory." A note on it says that it was erected by John Marshall Stone and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, in 1902. Before fighting in the War of Northern Aggression Mr. Stone was a railroad station agent in Iuka. He was a Confederate officer during the war. He served as a State Senator and two terms as Governor of Mississippi.
This Indian figure is constructed entirely of arrowheads. There were lots of stone artifacts in this room.
The court was upstairs. Looking from the back. There were 3 wood/coal burning stoves that heated the room in cold weather. One in the front and two in the back. You can see the stovepipe from the one in front, on the left.
Volunteers spend a LOT of hours keeping this place nice.
We had a loooong lunch at McDonalds, mostly so we could spend time on their WiFi. Then it was back downtown to check out Mineral Springs park. A plaque said that Iuka's mineral spring water took first place at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair.
Then is was back to Lakeside to check on the progress on the coach repairs. One of the items was to fix the front furnace. Bryan said that had it out and back in numerous times. It would work for awhile and then "flame out". He finally decided that the only way to fix it was to put in a new one. We had planned on spending the night at Lakeside so we would just delay our departure until he picked up a new furnace and installed it on Friday.
Friday - We ate a quick breakfast in the coach. We were at the Lakeside door by 7:15AM. We stayed in the waiting room, reading, for a couple of hours and then decided to drive over to Corinth, which was only 35 miles away, and where we planned to spend Friday and Saturday nights.
Our first stop was the Shiloh National Military Park Corinth Interpretive Center. I don't want to go off on a rant so I will only say "Interpretive Center" combined with "the victors get to write history", is fully applicable. I had to leave before I was half way through the place, before my tongue took full control.
Then it was on to the Pit Stop for an early lunch.
By the time we left it was beginning to sprinkle. We then went to the Alcorn County Welcome Center, on the south side of Corinth, and only a couple of miles from the RV park where we planned to spend the next two nights. They had a lot of information on area attractions. Then we drove around downtown Corinth doing some sightseeing and finally back to Lakeshore to pick up our coach. It was raining steadily when we hooked up the car and pulled out at 3:30 PM. It was still raining steadily when we arrived and set up at Cross City RV Park in Corinth, about 4:15. It's now 8:00 and it is still raining steadily.
We have WiFi and good cell signals. PTL!
Time for a snack of popcorn, showers and off to bed.
God is good. I pray that He blesses you. He had blessed me.
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